Ngiyabonga Sihlalo. Angibonge futhi nePhini likaMongameli ngencazelo ende. Angithokoze uma ngizwa uzihumusha zonke izinto kodwa futhi ngibona nje utalagu ngaphambi kwami, ngoba le ngoma yokuthi siyathuthukisa emakhaya, ngoba amaphandle awekho kodwa amakhaya, ayikezwakali. Uma mhlawumbe umuntu engathola ukuthi nakhu okubambekayo mhlawumbe umuntu angakuzwa kangcono.
Ngimzwile uNgqongqoshe ebala nasePuthaditjhaba, eQwaqwa. Inkinga nalapho isekhona ngoba abantu uma ufika kubo bathi asazi ukuthi kuqashwa kanjani, sibona abantu bayasebenza nje. Abantu bayathutheleka emadolobheni. Ngabe-ke masu mani uhulumeni acabanga ukuthi yiwo angabagcina emakhaya abantu njengoba ngizizwa izinto uzibala nje? Yingakho-ke ngibuza namhlanje ukuthi- ke siyaphi njengoba selidumela emansumpeni. Unyaka uyaphela. Abanye bethu mhlawumbe ngeke sisaba nabo ngo-2009. Sifuna ukwazi manje ukuthi abantu batholani?
IPHINI LIKAMONGAMELI: Angazi lungu elihloniphekile ukuthi uzobe uyephi ngo- 2009. Niyahamba emhlabeni? Iyongiphatha kabi leyonto ngoba kumnandi ukuba nawe lapha kule Ndlu. Ngiyasizwa lesi sikhalo esiqhamuka nelungu elihloniphekile sokuthi ukwenzeka kwemisebenzi emaphandleni kuyinto enzima. Uhulumeni into akwazi ukuyenza emaphandleni ukulungiselela abantu ukuthi bathole izidingo, ngoba phela amabhizinisi lawa akwazi ukuthi aqashe abantu sethembele kuwo ukuthi sibambisane nawo ngoba yibona abantu abangabakhi bamabhizinisi. Amabhizinisi enziwa uhulumeni yilawa emisebenzi yomphakathi. Inkinga yawo-ke kuba ukuthi amanye awo awabi naso isikhathi eside ngoba aba ngawesikhashana.
Enye indlela esesiyibuka manje okungenzeka ngayo imisebenzi lapho abantu bezosebenza khona unomphela, lokhu okungenza ngicele ukuthi nani njengamalungu nisisize, yile misebenzi okuthiwa iletha izidingo zempilo yemiphakathi. Niyazi ukuthi uhulumeni wenze kulesi sabelo mali esikhona manje ufake imali eningi yokwenza ukuthi yonke iNingizimu Afrika kube khona ukuqeqeshwa kwabantwana ebuncaneni babo ngokwemfundo. Leyo-ke izoqasha omama ukuthi bafundise abantwana kodwa izifundazwe eziningi aziyisebenzisi kahle leyo mali ukwenza lowo msebenzi, ngakho-ke uxhaso lwenu ukuthi lento yenzeke kungaba kuhle ngoba lowo msebenzi uphelele.
Ukunakekelwa kwabantu abagulela emakhaya ngenye yezindlela zokuqasha abantu abaningi emaphandleni ngoba bayaqeqeshwa bese bekwazi ukuthola umsebenzi. Ukunakekelwa kwabagulela emakhaya umsebenzi ohlala ukhona nawo-ke siyakwazi ngawo ukuthi senze imisebenzi yethuba elide. Abantu-ke futhi abasebenza njengonompilo ngenye futhi leyo indlela yokuqasha abantu uhulumeni anamandla okuyenza. Lolu hlelo olusha esikhuluma ngalo esithi umasipala ngamunye umkhiqizo owodwa sifuna ukuthi nani nisisize ukuthi emaphandleni sibone izinto abantu abakwazi ukuzikhiqiza, ezizokwenza ukuthi bathole umsebenzi ophelele. Kungenzeka kungabi yiyo imisebenzi ephakeme kakhulu kodwa imisebenzi ezobagcina ukuthi bakwazi ukuthi bathole okuya ethunjini.
Niyazi nani ukuthi kakhulu kule minyaka edlulile into ebisisixake kakhulu nayo futhi esingakayiqedi amanzi, imigwaqo, izindlu, ugesi, njalo njalo. Besingakwazi-ke ukuthi senze zonke lezi zinto ngesikhathi esifushane. Siyanikhuthaza-ke nani ngoba abanye benu banabo ubuhlobo nezinkampani nosomabhizinisi ukuthi phela abasizane nathi ngokuthi ezinye izimboni zabo ziye emakhaya. Kodwa izimboni ngokocwaningo esilwenzile ezibonisayo ukuthi zikwazi ukuthi zihlume emakhaya, ezolimo nezokuvakasha. Kuyadingeka-ke ukuthi lezo sizigqugquzele kakhulu. Ngiyabonga. (Translation of isiZulu paragraphs follows.)
[Mr M A MZIZI: Thank you, Chairperson. I would also like to thank the Deputy President for her lengthy response. I am happy that you are mentioning all these things although I see discrepancies because this song of development has not reached rural areas yet. Perhaps if there was something tangible, we would understand you better.
I heard the Deputy Minister mentioning Puthaditjhaba in Qwaqwa. There is still a problem there because you will hear people saying that they do not know how people get employed. They just see people working. People are moving to the cities. What strategies does government think would keep people in rural areas? That is why I ask today: Where are we heading? The year is about to end. Maybe some of us will not be here in 2009. We want to know what the people will get.
I do not know where the hon member will be in 2009. Are you leaving this earth? I would be very sad because it is very nice to be with you in this House. I understand the hon member when he says that creating jobs in rural areas is not easy. What government is able to do in rural areas is to enable people to get basic needs because it is businesses that employ people. We rely on them to create jobs. Government is responsible for public works. The problem with businesses that are created through public works is that they are temporary.
We are looking at another way of creating jobs where people would be employed permanently - which is what makes me ask the hon members for their assistance. These are the kinds of jobs that will deliver basic needs in the communities. You know that government has put more money in the current budget to ensure that young children are being trained in their early childhood development in the rest of South Africa. This will enable women to get the jobs to teach children but most of the provinces do not use that money, therefore your support in this endeavour would be appreciated because those jobs would then be permanent.
Home-based care for people who are sick is another way of employing many people in rural areas because they get trained and get jobs. Home-based care work is always available and it could also be a permanent job. Government also employs people who work as health workers. We want you to assist us with this new programme we are talking about in which we say, "one product per municipality", so that we could see what things people are able to produce, which would, in turn, enable them to get permanent jobs. They may not be top jobs but they will enable people to put food on their tables.
You will know that over the past few years we have been struggling with the delivery of water, roads, houses, electricity, etc, which we have not yet accomplished. We could not do all these things within a short space of time. We encourage you - since some of you have relations with companies and businesses - to ask them to work with us by taking their companies to rural areas. However, according to the survey we have conducted, companies do grow in rural areas, especially in agriculture and tourism. It is necessary that we encourage those. Thank you.]
Initiative for the exchange of senior officials of government departments and executives from the private sector 17. Ms J F Terblanche (DA) asked the Deputy President:
Whether the initiative launched at the beginning of October 2007 (details furnished) in terms of which senior officials from government departments and entities and executives from the private sector are to swap positions is part of the Accelerated and Shared Growth Initiative for South Africa, Asgisa; if not, why not; if so, what are the relevant details?