Deputy Chairperson, let me thank all the members who have debated in this particular session and made very valuable points and criticisms. I also think that we have to accept criticisms because they build. But we must differentiate between criticisms and anarchy. All those who spoke here have raised the issue of unemployment as enemy number one of the country. We all agree on that.
But the problem is, we differ in terms of the strategies, and as a ruling party, we are saying that our priorities and our strategies to promote growth, to promote employment and poverty eradication is employment creation and preservation by leveraging the government's labour market tools which are available to us and use them to intervene.
We know that the private sector is very important. Therefore, we are not going to do it alone. We need a labour market which is conducive to investment and which is based on stability, on appropriate skills which everybody is talking about and employment incentives. Social justice should be based on social dialogue, nobody has all the answers. So, social dialogue is going to be important, but of course backed by reinforcement.
Just to respond to individual issues, hon Boshoff, if you follow the reports about Nkandla, you will appreciate that ... [Interjections.] No, you must appreciate. You will appreciate that the Department of Public Works was never quoted by the Constitutional Court because it had implemented all the remedial actions which came from them. We implemented everything, that's why we were never cited by the Constitutional Court, maybe you were not in this country.
I also agree, hon Boshoff, that the majority of those who unemployed are without education and skills, but the problem is, when other people talk in this country, they forget what apartheid did in this country, when others were beneficiaries of apartheid. Beneficiaries of apartheid are on denial on what they did to the black people. [Applause.]
Hon Du Toit, the issue of limiting the power of the trade union movement and constraining them is not going to happen under the ANC rule. I have also said it yesterday that the core constituency of those who were disadvantaged and never had opportunities, and through the current labour legislation, we are trying to empower them because if you look into the balance of forces, the employers are very powerful. They can go to the powerful lawyers because they have all the monies and everything, while the workers do not have any other thing.
I accept the issue from the member of the EFF, provided that it is put properly that we must visit some of the areas where there's a lot of exploitation, but we must go there together. Chairperson, in the last statement of closing I must also say that members can criticise, but they should also remember there is a difference between a robust debate and anarchy which is not taking us anywhere.
But if you are raising the issues properly ... [Interjections.] Those who are anarchists knows themselves. They were trying to derail the debate. If you are raising the issues properly, you are making the other side to hear you, and then we will engage and move together. Thank you very much. [Applause.]