in this house enjoy generous salaries and benefits many times greater than the average south african could imagine if we are already asking our fellow south africans to pay down their debts and live within their means should we not be asking the same of this parliament and the presidency the honourable manuel demonstrated the sure touch of leadership with the constructive spirit and lively engagement he showed when explaining the national development plan to this parliament we commend this brand of leadership as being worthy of emulation by you mister president but given these harsh economic