"In light of the financial constraints and budget cuts faced by the legislature, we shall continue with more cost-curtailment measures and a repriori… - Makhosazane Masilela

She also stated that the legislature would continue to involve the public in the processes and programmes of the legislature through public hearings, petition processes, sector parliaments, sittings of the house and initiatives such as Taking the Legislature to the People."

“We are therefore challenged by the generation of 1976, as this law-making body, to transform through democratic means the institutions of power in our society that continue to resist and reproduce inequality and social difference."

As an activist legislature, our immediate task is to refashion and reengineer all our efforts to ensure clear government response to these pressing challenges.