Voorsitter, by die volgende sitting van die Raad sal ek voorstel:
Dat die Raad -
1) kennis neem dat die De Beersgroep 40% van sy werkers te Finsch- myn in die Noord-Kaap gaan afdank weens finansile verliese en die swak ekonomiese klimaat;
2) verder kennis neem dat ongeveer 350 werkers hierdeur benvloed gaan word; 3) toegee dat, met die geweldige ho werkloosheidsyfer in die Noord- Kaap, dit rede tot kommer is; en
4) 'n beroep sal doen op Minister Shabangu, Minister van Mynwese, om te bepaal of die 40% besnoeiing op werknemers geregverdig is deur die redes verstrek deur De Beers.
Dankie. (Translation of Afrikaans notice of motion follows.)
[Mr W F FABER: Chairperson, at the next sitting of the Council, I shall move:
That the Council -
1) notes that the De Beers group is going to dismiss 40% of its workers at the Finsch mine in the Northern Cape due to financial losses in the poor economic climate;
2) further notes that approximately 350 workers will be affected by this, which, with the extremely high unemployment rate in the Northern Cape, is a reason for concern; and
3) appeals to Minister Shabangu, the Minister of Mineral Resources, to establish whether the 40% cut in workers can be justified by the reason furnished by De Beers.
Thank you.]
Chair, I hereby give notice that, at the next sitting of the Council I shall move:
That the Council -
1) acknowledges the comments made by political analyst Justice Malala who said on national television this week, and I quote:
"Politicians can talk until the cows come home but if they do not create an environment for jobs then they have failed.
It was therefore with approval that we heard this week that the Western Cape is creating jobs despite the 1% rise in unemployment nationally.
Figures from Stats SA show that unemployment in the DA-run province has dropped by 1,2% between the last quarter of 2009 and the first quarter of this year.
This means that jobs are on the increase in the Western Cape while across the other eight provinces the average unemployment rate is 26%.
The Western Cape did particularly well when one considers that in the Eastern Cape 60 000 jobs have been lost, in Gauteng 81 000 more people are unemployed and in Mpumalanga 34 000 have lost jobs.
What is the Western Cape doing that other provinces are failing to do?
Perhaps the President should ask the premiers of these provinces to visit the Western Cape and learn a few things from there."
Chair, I hereby move without notice that the Council notes that ...
Hon member, can you hold that thought? Can you hold on?
All right.
Thank you. Hon Freddie, please proceed.
Chair, I hereby give notice that, at the next sitting of the Council, I shall move:
That the Council -
1) notes with utter dismay new reports of manipulated and erroneous margins that determine property rates in the DA-led City of Cape Town;
2) further notes that this rates fiasco will leave thousands of homeowners paying exorbitant rates while thousands of others would score, paying low rates and costing the city hundreds of millions of rand; and
3) acknowledges that the rates fiasco is one of the many scandals of poor governance by the DA and will cost the people of the Western Cape millions of rand, after the inflated costs of the Cape Town Stadium and the BRT system, which together have cost the province billions of rand that could have been used to complete the toilets they built without structures in Khayelitsha and ensure that communities in the townships get better services such as roads, refuse removal and water and sanitation.
Voorsitter, by die volgende sitting van die Huis sal ek voorstel:
Dat die Huis kennis neem dat die DA wil ernstig met President Zuma, simpatiseer wat dit na 'n jaar nie reggekry het om sy eie party se leierseienskapstoetse te slaag nie, maar verlam is deur sy eie populisme, swak morele leierskap en die aanstel van bondgenote in kern magsposisies sodat hulle en ook hyself ryk kan word en beskerming kan geniet.
Dankie. (Translation of Afrikaans notice of motion follows.)
[Mr H B GROENEWALD: Chairperson, I give notice that at the next sitting of the Council I shall move:
That the council notes that the DA sympathises with President Zuma, who after one year has failed to pass his own party's tests on leadership quality charactaristics, but who has been paralysed by his own populism, poor moral leadership and the appointment of allies in core positions of power, so that they as well as he himself can be enriched and enjoy protection.
Thank you.]
Hon Groenewald, was that a motion or a notice?
Chair, it is a motion.
What kind of a motion? Can you unpack it?
Chair, sorry, it is notice of a motion.
It's a notice? Thank you.
Chair, I hereby give notice that on the next sitting day of the Council I shall move:
That the Council -
1) notes that the Transvaal Agricultural Union, TAU and the National Water Forum, NWF, laid criminal charges against Ministers Buyelwa Sonjica, Minister of Water and Environmental Affairs, Tina Joemat Pettersson, Minister of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries and Susan Shabangu, Minister of Mineral Resources, for alleged failure to protect South Africa's rivers from pollution;
2) notes that these two organisations said that they wrote numerous letters and requests to the three Ministers without any productive responses to alleviate or address the problem;
3) further notes that if this is true, then it is unacceptable that these three Ministers act in such a manner because they are the public servants and have the powers to address the problem; 4) acknowledges that they are also responsible for the wast of taxpayers' money if the court case occurs against government; and
5) requests the three Ministers to set up a consultative meeting with the two organisations to address the problems and to stop the legal actions taken by them.