I think people must be clear on the issue of Jimmy Manyi and whether they relate to him as the President of the BMF and as the former Director-General of the Department of Labour as well when he was talking about those things. Firstly, the proposals were already there. Secondly, on the issue that the member raised - that there will be no creation of jobs if we pass the proposed labour relations amendments - I think as Members of Parliament we have to wait for our own processes. This is still before Nedlac. Nedlac will decide whether these proposals will go on or not. We must wait for our own processes, so that we can then debate and decide whether to continue or not.
I also want to touch on the issue of labour brokers. The role of labour brokers is just to look at vacancies in the private sector, including the Public Service. They just place people; they don't create jobs. They place them. At the same time, there are labour brokers who have been abusing workers by not paying them what they are supposed to get. We are going to fight that. As the department, our responsibility is to protect the vulnerable workers.
Secondly, you are a member, and when you leave here, you will get a pension. But people who are employed by labour brokers will not even get a cent. Even if a person passes away, no one gets anything. I think we must be honest when we are saying that we protect the poor of this country, because when we want their votes, we say that we are protecting them. Thank you. [Applause.]