Hon Speaker, the unemployment rate in South Africa is sitting at an alarming 29,1%, the highest in 11 years. We have a higher than projected inflation rate and less than an ideal economic growth rate. These are not the ideal circumstances in which the department has to fulfil its expanded mandate of both implementing and monitoring the implementation of labour legislation and enabling job creation.
Afrikaans:
Die departement en die regering doen hulself ook nie 'n guns deur arbeids- en ander wetgewing te implimenteer wat juis hierdie ideale kortwiek nie.
Deur die privaatsektor keer op keer die swartskaap vir julle mislukkings uit te kryt werk lankal nie meer nie.
Daar is bepaalde tekortkominge in die Departement van Arbeid en Werkskepping en sy entiteite wat allereers
aangespreek sal moet word. So nie, sal die departement nooit in sy doel slaag nie.
Dit is 'n absolute skreiende skande dat die Ongevalle Kommissaris as entiteit van die Departement van Arbeid vir die afgelope nege jaar 'n weerhoude ouditmening van die Ouditeur-Generaal ontvang het.
Dieselfde geld vir die oudituitkomste van die werkloosheid- versekerheidsfonds en sy swak prestasie, deur sleg 63% van sy jaarteikens te behaal.
Swak bestuur aan die een kant en kortsigtige drakoniese wetgeging aan die ander kant veroorsaak dat werkloosheid bloot aanhou styg, wat weer 'n bepaalde uitwerking op die fiskus en die land se ekonomie het.
English:
Hon Speaker, the chief executive officer, CEO, of Capitec, this week, said despite the best of intentions, South Africa's Black Economic Empowerment, BEE, scheme is largely been a failure and I quote:
If you look at BEE in totality in South Africa, it hasn't worked because it should be there to help all South Africans and, unfortunately, it has only helped a couple of people.
In contravention with this statement from the CEO of one of South Africa's best performing banks, the Minister of Employment and Labour, a department which entities cannot manage to get proper audit outcomes, stated in August that harsh measures will be resorted to, to ensure a quicker transformation in the workplace.
Government must wake up. Your policies are failing leading to higher unemployment and insufficient economic growth. The FF Plus cannot support this Budgetary Review and Recommendation, BRR, Report. I thank you. [Applause.]