Mr Speaker, let me first respond to the hon Botha, although I think he is no longer in the House. [Interjections.] I want to join with him and everybody else who condemns the behaviour of the thugs who looted shops, and especially the stalls of informal traders, in the City of Cape Town yesterday. Nobody should ever support that, and I think it's very important that all of us together as parliamentarians speak out against that in the interests of democracy. [Applause.]
Order, hon members! Order!
However, I don't have the same views about what the hon Mnqasela raised. He's also left the House. [Interjections.] Oh, there he is. Okay. He has got to make these outrageous statements because the DA is tolerating him in their ranks for a little bit now. [Laughter.] Let me just say to you, sir ... [Interjections.] Mr Speaker, let me just say to the hon Mnqasela that ...
Order, hon members! Order!
... the individuals concerned in this were mentioned by the leader of the DA, Ms Helen Zille, the other day and she said that Lili and Nkohla were probably EFF members. They've both been suspended from the ANC. So, let's not pretend that they've done this in the name of the ANC. [Applause.]
Let me also say that ... [Interjections.]
Order, hon members! Order! [Interjections.]
Mr Speaker, I would like to put a point of order.
There's no point of order. I'm responding to you!
My point of order is: Firstly, the hon Minister said that I am only being tolerated in the DA because I am unruly. That is nonsense. Secondly, he is refusing to acknowledge that these people are ANC members, yet they are still in the ANC ... [Interjections.]
That's no point of order!
Order! Hon member, take your seat. Order hon members! Order!
Let me say to the hon Mnqasela that the numbers on unemployment that he mentioned are outrageous. You may be entitled to your own opinion but not to your own facts! And certainly not in an environment where the Quarterly Labour Force Survey was released the day before yesterday. The Western Cape has an unemployment rate of 23,4%; Limpopo 17,8%; and KwaZulu-Natal 20,9%. [Interjections.] Moreover, in those statistics the Western Cape has an even higher rate of young people not in employment, education or training, the NEET rate, than Limpopo! [Interjections.] So, I must say to you and the DA ...
Order! Order, hon members!
... claim no easy victories, mask no difficulties and tell no lies. This is something which was said by Amilcar Cabral. Thank you very much. [Interjections.] [Applause.]