Hon Chair, hon Deputy Minister, hon Members of Parliament and the broader society I stand before you just after the Minister and Deputy Minister presented to you, a comprehensive budget speech on how are we going to turn around the tides as far as employment and labour is concerned. I think it is very important for me to acknowledge the presence of the President of Cosatu. Comrade Losi [Applause]. Hon Chair, what one is observing in the House, is a behaviour that is one can characterise as chameleon behaviour, from the DA and the FF Plus. It is very painful to observe this behaviour, because these members are portraying themselves as thee caring members for the people of South Africa, in particular the
blacks in general, whereas, they know for a fact that, they are the beneficiaries of the apartheid regime system. Hon Chair, ...
IsiXhosa:
... mabangaphathwa sisithukuthezi, beze apha bezokuhlekisa ngamathuba neenkonzo esizithumela ebantwini njenge-EPWP ne-YSP. Abantu phaya ezilalini eMfundweni, KwaZulu-Natal naseMpuma-koloni bayaxhamla kwezi nkonzo ngoko mabangahlekisi ngazo [Kwaqhwatywa].
English:
South Africa as Developmental State is an enabler, driver and facilitator of socioeconomic development [Interjections]. This development incorporates the provision of basic adequate services to the communities.
Hon Member: A half loaf is better than no bread.