Chairperson of the session: Chaplaincy: Comrade Deon de Vos, RTT convenor and entire RTT NEC and PEC members Branch Delegates, Alliance Partners, Religious and Traditional Leaders Comrades and friends: I stand before you conscious that this 9th regional conference of…

Comrades, PEC members, Deployees and Residing, Chris Hani REC Officials, REC members present, SACP, COSATU and SANCO Subregional Executive Committee MPs, MPLs and Councillors, Members of the African National Congress, Veterans of our Movement, The Youth, Women, and Progressive Formations,…