NATIONAL ASSEMBLY WEDNESDAY, 20 MARCH 2019

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detriment of the employees. All of this disaster was happening under the watchful eye of this ANC which now wants to extend its part by another five years. Judging the ANC on its performance for the ending five years one is strongly persuaded to believe that it just does not make sense to vote them back into power unless you are a beneficiary of the corruption that has taken funds away from the service delivery programmes to the pockets of a few, Or if you are deliberately ignoring the reality that the ANC no longer cares for the struggling majority of South Africa.

In the midst of all this, that has been increased by this ANC thus putting more strain on the already lean pockets of the people, the proposed minimum wage. It is so small when judged against the rising inflation that it simply cannot even sustain a two-person family.

A UDM-led government would have created a far better environment for economic growth that results in far better wages. Straight cash is very vulnerable to inflation and depletes the operational funds of employers