House Chair, to the Minister, you are one of the few decent members on the other side of the House and one of the few that we really take seriously, unlike the Deputy President that doesn't take the Minister of Finance seriously.
Minister, in reality, 25 years into our democratic dispensation, black people, particularly the youth and women remain excluded from the economy. Whatever piecemeal achievement your government will claim on the ground, it is clear that you are failing.
Youth unemployment remains close to 50% and there are more women who are unemployed than those employed. It is clear that the industrial and job creation policies of the ANC from Growth, Employment and Redistribution, GEAR, to the National Development Plan, NDP, have failed. In