Ngibonge Sihlalo, ngibingele oNgqongqoshe noNgqongqoshe womnyango, i-IFP ithanda ukudlulisa amazwi okudabuka ku-Johnny Clegg osishiyileyo.
English:
The IFP acknowledges the budget allocation to the department and demands the department to spend wisely in order to achieve its planned objectives. Sports have proven to be very effective in
giving the youth a sense of purpose, especially at school levels. Even beyond that, there are many job opportunities created through sport. Given that we have a very high unemployment rate challenge in this country. The government and in particular this department needs to ensure that it pulls from all it has to ensure that of all sporting codes are accessed by South Africans, mainly those from disadvantaged backgrounds who are not exposed to the many different codes and cannot afford to take part in the ones they may want to. Twenty-five years into our democracy, the ANC government has done little to redress the legacy of apartheid spatial planning with regards to the provision of sports facilities. As part of the IFP's founding values, we uphold and cherish diversity. We want all sporting teams to reflect all the people who call South Africa home. Funding remains a challenge for many athletes to attend trial games; training camps and eventually to go on tournaments as the cost of it is too high. The department needs to be mindful of this. The IFP calls on all the people and government to embrace and support different sport codes especially those that remain in the shadow of soccer in the country. We need to ensure that women and girls ... [Time expired.] The IFP supports the ... [Inaudible.] [Applause.]