Mr Speaker, the IFP is in possession of invoices that are of great concern to us and it warrants an urgent response from all stakeholders involved in the 2010 World Cup. Our research shows that while a return ticket to America during June 2009 would have set you back R15 000, it has now skyrocketed to R35 000 for a return ticket for June this year. This amounts to a shocking 100% increase.
The IFP has said before that it believes the actions of airlines who were hoping to capitalise on the flow of traffic to and from South Africa before, during and after World Cup by doubling, tripling and quadrupling ticket prices are highly distasteful. Something needs to be done to stop that. We are again calling on government to inform the public what measures are being put in place to prevent this price collusion and blatant profiting by airlines. South Africans are being taken for a ride and it is our belief that the prices of these tickets should be revisited and adjusted accordingly. Government could be of great assistance in this regard.
Seekers Travel deals with parliamentary travel. The invoices I have with me are for a group of young people under the age of 18 who are going to an interfaith conference in New York.