Speaker, 80% van Helenvale se mense, 'n arm bruin gemeenskap in Port Elizabeth, is werkloos en hier is die lys. Vandag wil ek namens een van hierdie mense, Winston Adams, praat. Winston s dat hy en sy familie van agt meeste aande sonder om iets oor hulle lippe te h, moet gaan slaap. Winston s ook dat hy nie kan verstaan waarom die regering nie die jeugloonsubsidie, wat darem sal sorg dat hulle nie saans honger hoef te gaan slaap nie, wil instel nie.
Die vraag is of die regering omgee vir die benarde posisie waarin men se soos Winston Adams hulle bevind. Die antwoord is 'n besliste nee. In die dans na Mangaung is hulle so besig om te veg vir 'n tweede termyn dat die lot van die Winston Adamse van Suid-Afrika, waarvan daar miljoene is, hulle min pla. In die woorde van 'n Jimmy Kruger: "It leaves me cold."
As die ANC daadwerlik iets vir die werkloses wil doen, sal hulle onmiddellik wette hersien wat ekonomiese groei vertraag, en Cosatu in die bek ruk. Derdens, sal hulle onmiddellik die jeugloonsubsidie instel. Ek dank u. (Translation of Afrikaans member's statement follows.)
[Mr T D LEE (DA): Speaker, 80% of Helenvale's people, a poor coloured community in Port Elizabeth, is unemployed and here is the list. Today I want to speak on behalf of one of these people, Winston Adams. Winston says that he and his family of eight most nights have to go to bed on an empty stomach. Winston also says that he can't understand why the government doesn't want to introduce the youth wage subsidy, which will at least ensure that they don't go to bed on an empty stomach.
The question is whether the government cares about the desperate situation in which people like Winston Adams find themselves. The answer is a definite no. Following Mangaung they are so busy fighting for a second term that the fate of the Winston Adams's of South Africa, of whom there are millions, do not bother them in the least. In the words of a Jimmy Kruger: "It leaves me cold."
If the ANC really wants to do something for the unemployed, then they will immediately review laws that delay economic growth, and take Cosatu to task. Thirdly, they will have to introduce the youth wage subsidy immediately. I thank you.]