Deputy Speaker, decay has infested some labour centres around the country, and the DA calls on the Minister of Labour, Mildred Oliphant, to intervene urgently to correct the ills bedevilling service delivery at the centres to the frustration of many people seeking help there. In Gauteng, the Sebokeng Labour Centre has been closed for some time, allegedly for nonpayment of rent, and I show you here a picture of a line of people in the street. This is unacceptable. If it is true, heads must roll.
Just outside Cape Town, the Bellville Labour Centre is failing to meet its obligations to the public, who have to make repeated trips to the centre without being assisted, due to one failure or the other - if the IT system is not working, then it is something else. In KwaZulu-Natal, the Park Rynie visiting point has been shut for months. When the Portfolio Committee on Labour did an oversight visit there at the end of January this year, the water to the office had been disconnected and the electricity had been disconnected six months earlier due to nonpayment.
The DA is deeply concerned about the plight of the people who go to these centres and depend on them for critical services. These people are being disadvantaged, and they continue to be disadvantaged. We appeal to the Minister to urgently take action to make sure that the situation is redressed. Thank you.