Agb Adjunkspeaker, die afgelope drie weke het Suid- Afrika homself gediskrediteer in die o van die wreld met die Transnetstaking, en dit net voordat die Fifa-wreldbeker sal plaasvind.
In plaas daarvan dat Suid-Afrika geleenthede soos Republiekwording, en Uniewording toe die vier kolonies in 1910 saamgevoeg is, vier, soos ons gister op 31 Mei gedoen het, en in plaas daarvan dat ons voluit die Fifa- wreldbeker vier, moet ons van die miljarde rande wat die ekonomie skade gely het as gevolg van die staking en dat die ekonomie deels lamgel is, hoor.
Cosatu, as deel van die tri-alliansie van die ANC, het geen poging aangewend om hierdie staking te voorkom nie. Dit wys vir ons dat Cosatu glad nie in hierdie Fifa-wreldbeker gentereseerd is nie. En net so het die Zuma-administrasie ook geskitter in sy afwesigheid tydens hierdie staking wat die groot gebrek aan leierskap in die ANC aandui.
Watter ander land ter wreld sal nog so 'n geleentheid soos 'n wreldbeker misbruik om homself te saboteer? Dit is net totaal onaanvaarbaar. Dan hoor ons ook nou dat Cosatu besig is om 'n Eskomstaking te organiseer om die wreldsokkerspele lam te l en donker te maak.
Dit is onaanvaarbaar en die DA vra vir die Minister van Openbare Ondernemings, wat vandag nie in die Parlement teenwoordig is nie, dat sy dringend ingryp om orde in hierdie openbare ondernemings te herstel. Dankie. (Translation of Afrikaans member's statement follows.)
[Dr S M VAN DYK (DA): Hon Deputy Speaker, in the past three weeks South Africa has damaged its reputation in the eyes of the world with the Transnet strike, and that just shortly before the start of the Fifa World Cup.
Instead of South Africa celebrating events like the founding of the Republic, and the founding of the Union when the four colonies were joined in 1910, as we did yesterday on 31 May, and instead of a full-out celebration of the Fifa World Cup, we have to hear about the loss of billions of rand that the economy suffered as a result of the strike and that the economy has been partially paralysed.
Cosatu, as part of the tripartite alliance of the ANC, made no attempt to avert this strike. This demonstrates to us that Cosatu is not at all interested in this Fifa World Cup. And the Zuma administration was also conspicuous by its absence during this strike, which indicates the great lack of leadership in the ANC.
Which other country in the world would misuse an event like a World Cup to sabotage itself? It is just totally unacceptable. Then we also have to learn that Cosatu is actively organising an Eskom strike to paralyse the World Cup games and plunge them into darkness. This is unacceptable and the DA wants to ask the Minister of Public Enterprises, who is not present in Parliament today, to intervene as a matter of urgency to restore order in these public enterprises. Thank you.]