Modulasetulo wa Ngwako, Tona ya t?a Dipapadi, Bokgabo le Set?o Ntate Nathi Mthethwa, Motlat?atona wa gagwe Mme Nocawe Mafu, maloko a komiti ao a etilwego pele ke Mme Beauty Dlulane, badulasetulo ba dikomiti t?e dingwe - ke ba bone, gammogo le Difepidigolo, baetapele ba dikgoro t?e t?e pedi t?e, bao ba etilwego pele ke balaodikakaret?o ba babedi, Ntate Mkhize le Ntate
Moemi, le bahlankedi kamoka ba dikgoro t?e t?e pedi, ke bone le Walter Mokoena, re leboga thekgo.
Modulasetulo, gosasa ge nkabe Morena Mandela a be a sa phela o be a tla be a swara mengwaga ye 101. O ile a bolela a re, ke a tsopola:
English:
Sport has the power to change the world. It has the power to inspire. It has the power to unite people in a way that little else does. It speaks to youth in a language they understand.
Therefore, this brings us to a commitment made by the ANC in its 54th national conference and resolved - because I was a delegate there, I remember very well - to use sport as a tool for change, bring about social cohesion and nation-building.
A vast number of young people in South African, especially in rural areas such as Moiletswane and Shakung in the North West and Ga- Seleka in Lephalale are currently faced with very challenging social ills such as high rates of unemployment, crime, teenage pregnancy, drug an alcohol abuse, among others.
Sepedi:
Ba fola dipat?e; ba fola dinyaope; ba tagwa ke bjala.
English:
This brings us to an important role that sport and recreation can play in overcoming these social ills through creating a culture of sport participation and involvement among the youth. This newly configured Department of Sport, Arts and Culture remains the driver in the promotion of sport and recreation through the delivery of programmes as outlined in the 2019-20 annual performance plan. In order for the Department of Sport to promote sport participation amongst the youth, school sport remains the epitome of where champions are discovered and moulded in the world class, athletes such as Caster Semenya and so on. This also leads to transformation of sport and recreation from bottom up as compared to top to down approach.
All these professional players that you see on TV, whether they are playing for Bafana Bafana, Springboks, Proteas, and so on, the likes of Lorch, Percy Tau, the netball captain, Bongiwe Msomi and Siya Kolisi of the Springboks, all of these people did not start from top to bottom - they started somewhere; they started in their various schools ... [Applause.] ... hence we are saying everybody should start playing at school. Once you start at school, you will be able
to play for your local teams, and from your local teams maybe you will be co-opted or promoted to Amajimbos, Amajita, Amaglug-glug, Bafana Bafana and so on. Hon Minister, we need to put more resources on school sports.
Minister, we want to see young people participating in planning and the implementation of their own sport programmes, just to promote public participation in our communities, for example we grew up playing Moruba or Morabaraba - as the Minister has indicated. We grew up playing Kitlo, Black Mampatile and so on. These kind of indigenous games are the ones that prevented us from abusing drugs, hence we are in Parliament today, hon Minister, because we did not have time to abuse drugs or alcohol or to engage in sexual intercourse. So, this kind of sports activities, especially indigenous ones, will be able to remove our kids from the streets.
School sport has the power to combat incidences of violence in schools among learners and teachers. Learners nowadays stab teachers and teachers fight with learners because of drug abuse as seen in the most recent times. That is why the promotion of school sports remains a national priority that the department should focus on within the current sixth administration. The successful roll-out of school sports in South Africa as indicated in the NDP and by both
the Departments of Basic Education led by Mme Angie Motshekga and your Department of Sports, Arts and Culture. Apparently there was a memorandum of understanding which was signed last year in 2018. I am calling upon you to follow up on that memorandum, hon Minister and Deputy Minister. Make sure that you hold these director-generals accountable so that they can be able to implement that memorandum of understanding, together with the Department of Basic Education. If they don't do so, it will be called underperformance - they should be fired from work, hon Minister. We are really calling upon you - school sport is very important.
Chairperson Julani indicated that we need to integrate it perhaps in the school curriculum, for example from Grade R to Grade 12, because if the school knocks off at around 2 o'clock which included the following important pointers, among others.
The Department of Basic Education and the Department of Sports, Arts and Culture, formerly known as the Department of Sports and Recreation continues with their commitment - both physically and financially, to implement the memorandum of understanding on school sport to strengthen their collaboration when it comes to the promotion of school sport. The senior management of the Departments of Basic Education and of Sports, Arts and Culture responsible for
school sport implementation should be given a mandate, sign performance agreements with targets of when the full implementation of school sport will be reached.
All the schools nationally should have a minimum of three compulsory sporting codes that the children will participate in. Teacher unions, school governing bodies, parents and the communities should be involved in the implementation and the running of school sport programmes as well as enforce a culture of sport participation among learners. Capacitation of teachers should be the drivers of school sport teachers must have capacity and Love.
The Department of Sports, Arts and Culture should use its allocated resources to ensure that talented kids are identified, nurtured, and given the opportunity to showcase their talents at a national and international levels, for example Danone Under-12 and Nike Under-l4, to play for Amajimbos Under-17 and Amajita Under-20. Corporate South Africa's involvement in school sport remains an important investment in uplifting communities affected by social ills.
Let us prioritise school sports because it is very important for our kids - the future of our country and national teams. The ANC
supports the Budget Vote No 40 on Sport and Recreation. Let's grow South Africa together. I thank you.