Chairperson, our thoughts and prayers are with the families of the late Marc Batchelor and Johnny Clegg, may their souls rest in peace. Hon Chairperson, we are looking forward to work with the Minister, but we will make sure that we do our oversight work and he must account. I would like to congratulate Netball SA as they will be playing today in Uganda. I would like to challenge all public, private and partnership to support our sport, especially netball.
We are still waiting for SA Sports Confederation and Olympic Committee, Sascoc, progress report. April has passed and no recommendations have been adhered to.
Ibolile i-SASCOC, Ngqongqoshe.
English:
What is happening? Chairperson, we are still waiting for an update regarding Tokyo 2020.
IsiZulu:
Kwenzakalani?
English:
Money has been set aside, but there is no progress report. Regarding invoice paid on time, we would like to urge the department to improve in this regard.
IsiZulu:
Abantu bethu kumele bathole imali yabo kahle.
English:
Chairperson, everything is outstanding, for example, what is outstanding is that since you became a Minister, there is an inquiry which has been working on the FNB Stadium issue, our people died in the year 2017, to date no inquiry has been done.
Kwenzakalani?
English:
There was money set aside, but nothing has been done. Minister, we want to acknowledge the past in order to redress the past; reconciliation so important and it is urgent. We need all South Africans, regardless of race to work together. We believe that diversity is important. This government must deliver to all the people. Under the DA-led government sport development will be high on the agenda. [Interjections.] The South African sport needs cleansing.
IsiZulu:
Kunomkhonyovu kwezemidlalo.
English:
We need cleansing. This systematic corruption must be dealt with. Minister, we will support you, especially when you take decisions in the best interest of this country. What is important in sports is school sports.
IsiZulu:
Thina sakhula ezemidlalo zesikole ngolwesiThathu sifaka okhakhi sazi ukuthi yilanga elibekelwe eceleni ukuthi sidlale ibhola noma sigijime. Ngithemba ukuthi lelosiko kumele libuye futhi ukuthi abantwana bethu bafundiswe basebancane ukuthi ibhola lidlalwa kanjani. [Ubuwelewele.]
English:
We urge to make sure to sign the performance contract with the director- general, DG, especially school sports to be a key performance area. School sports must be a key performance area to the DG. That will make sure that our children will know different sporting codes at a young age.
IsiZulu:
Kungathi abantu abansundu abafana nathi sazi ibhola kuphela. Sithi phansi ngokuthi kufundiswe ibhola kuphela emalokishini ethu. Sifuna bafundiswe zonke izinhlobo zemidlalo ne-hockey.
English:
Chairperson, our country must learn from other countries. I believe our national team must learn to make sure that they take our national team seriously. They cannot even sing our national anthem - it is shocking. Now, we call upon ...
IsiZulu:
... Bafana-Bafana ukuthi bazimisele uma bedlala bazi ukuthi badlalela iQembu likaZwelonke. [Ubuwelewele.]
English:
We welcome Soccer Indaba as it is long overdue and we believe that Soccer Indaba won't be a talk show. We look forward for implementation. In order for us to support women - wathint'abafazi, wathint'imbokodo - we must implement gender equity and pay parity. Stop the robbery in soccer.
IsiZulu:
Ngathi aningizwa. [Ubuwelewele.]
English:
There's resistance of making sure that there is equal pay in playing soccer in our country. But equal pay for equal work is just and it is fair. Let us promote gender equality in sports through promoting equal pay. Let us prioritise women in sports and we welcome what the Minister is going to do with Banyana Banyana.
IsiZulu:
Siyabonga.
English:
The budget allocation is not equal. I believe, maybe, we must challenge even the President, you have all the departments ...
IsiZulu:
... uma ungubaba unabantwana kumele abantwana bakho bonke uma ubathenga izicathulo bathengele bonke izicathulo.
English:
Now we are saying to the President the money that you have allocated to the sports is little. We believe it must be increased. Sport department unites South Africa ...
IsiZulu:
... njengamanje uma ngathi sishayeleni iBanyana Banyana izandla. Sonke singashaya izandla.
English:
Now I challenge the President that in the future, let us make sure we pull up our socks and put more money in this budget. I call the department on the following: Let us implement the report on the Ministerial Advisory Committee on Recreation. There is a document which was meant to create job opportunities for young people, if you
can implement this Minister. This will be alright. We must make sure that the department plans better and utilises whatever resources they have accordingly.
One of the greatest things with this department is that it doesn't even know or is aware of how many stadiums or facilities it have here in South Africa. We are calling upon the creation of a national facility plan for municipalities to know the number of facilities they have as the government. [Interjections.] You do not know; there is no asset register. The ANC has failed to have asset register.