House Chairperson, we are not going to speak on this because it really is a technical amendment and we don't have much choice because the courts have directed to do that. But I certainly it is time that we do start to look at the connection between money and politics because there is annexes there that can be problematic.
We wouldn't have issues like Bosasa had this been active five years ago. We couldn't have seen foreign governments like Mr Arafats government handing over briefcases to Mr Dyantyi's party and I see that he is very finicky about that. But let me just say this, that the good thing about passing the legislation it then applies to all parties equally, and I think we need to start asking ourselves questions:
Who's funding these parties at fancy houses in Camps Bay? Who's paying for the business class tickets that are found in the rubbish bins of those parties? Who's paying for the Mot & Chandon and the Meerlust Rubicon that was found there? Why are politicians meeting with Mr Anton Rupert quietly behind the scenes and keeping this away from their own parties, and more importantly, what interest would a business person have in
paying for somebody's outstanding tax bill at SA Revenue Service, Sars?
These are the accesses that we got to look at very carefully in politics because it's not regular it's properly that politics can really become a terrible place where money displaces the interests of the people of South Africa. Therefore, we've got to look at who the hidden hand is behind many of these particular parties. When you look at the recent attack on people like the hon Pravin Gordhan and others, I think you can follow the moneybag very carefully and it ends up at Mr Mazzoti's door and Colonette.
You could see Mr Andile Mgxitama that he is opposition to various things; you can trace the money back to the Gupta family. These are the accesses that we got to watch for in politics, to ensure that money doesn't taint politics in South Africa. So, we will be participating in this, and making sure that it is a responsible amendment because what you also don't want to do is to stranglehold the situation where only the governing party, to dispensing of tenders and access is able to channel money into their coffers.
So, we looking forward into this new era of transparency and hopefully, it will prevent things like Bosasa and things that we have seen unfolding in our body politics over the cause of the last fortnight. Thank you. [Applause.]