Link to Budget Vote speech delivered by Minister of Arts and Culture, Dr PZ Jordan, MP, National Assembly

Here is the link to the Budget Vote speech delivered by the Minister of Arts and Culture, Dr Pallo Jordan, on 8th June 2007.
http://www.info.gov.za/speeches/2007/07061213451002.htm

In his speech, he said that libraries make a qualitative difference by enabling individuals to develop "wings of the mind" and thus transcend their circumstances and used the example of Neal Petersen to underscore the importance of libraries in changing people's lives. He took the opportunity to acknowledge the role in this played by Letta Naude, formerly of the Wynberg Public Library now the Head of the Sea Point Library, Cape Town, saluting her brave deeds.