Thank you, hon House Chair. It is very clear that municipalities are the ANC government single biggest failure. No matter if a grant is direct or indirect it fails. Many grants were direct bond and then it was converted in Amendments Bills into direct grants because the municipality or the province could not spend the money and they were underexpenditure. Now, in this Division of Revenue Amendment Bill, we see that even the indirect grants are not being spent. So, what is very clear is that the ANC cannot govern. The failure is with government on all levels and on all levels there is a complete failure.
Where is the underexpenditure of the school infrastructure grant where we need infrastructure, the health facility revitalisation component grant, regional bulk infrastructure grant, underexpenditure; integrated national electrification programme grant, underexpenditure; and municipal system improvement grant, underexpenditure? There is a lack of planning and implementing on all levels of government, there is a lack of skills, there is a lack of competent officials who can deliver the services and there
is a lack of consequence management. People are getting away with wasting, stealing and mismanaging the money.
Afrikaans:
Ons verwelkom die R241 miljoen wat vir die Vaalrivier intervensie bedoel is. Die vraag is wel, is daar kundigheid om daar projek te stuur. Is daar kundigheid om daardie belangrike krisis aan te spreek?
As ons nie die Vaalrivier red nie, word die meeste van Gauteng se inwonders, die Vrystaat se inwoners en ander aangrensende provinsies se inwoners se watervoorsiening totaal en al bedreig. Ons kan dit nie toelaat nie.
Munisipaliteite faal. Mfuleni is een van daardie voorbeelde. Dit is daardie munisipaliteit and ander munisipaliteite wat veranderwoordelike is vir jare se besoedeling van die Vaalrivier.
Geen voorwaardelike toekenning gaan munisipaliteite red nie. Ons het kleiner munisipaliteit nodig. Ons het effektiewe bestuur nodig. Ons het mense nodig wat die mense wil dien en nie hulle sakke nie. Ons het 'n verantwoordelike regering nodig. [Tuusenwerpsels.]
Definitief nie, agb lid! Ons het dit definitief nie! Die Ouditeur- Generaal se verslag wat vandag ter tafel gel is, agb lid, wys dat u nie verantwoordelik is nie. Kyk na die onrelmatige uitgawes. Kyk na die verkwiste uitgawes.
Wat is die grootse probleem met hierdie verdeling van die billike aandeel? Die salarisrekening van die staat is te hoog. Dit is al waar u werklik kan bestee.
English:
You can't spend the money of the necessary grants to improve our infrastructure and to create conducive environment for the economy to grow, but you can spend the money on inflated salaries. Let me get to the hon Buthelezi, the chairperson of the committee, the solution is not with outstanding debt hon member, because there is no money. People are getting poorer and poorer. Businesses can't perform especially in our rural areas. The solution is no longer there.
We have to create a conducive environment hoping that businesses can create employment so that there can be infrastructure and economic growth. At this stage there is none. Our rural economy
has failed ... and if you think that you will be saved by outstanding debt, you are dreaming big dreams. I thank you.