Hon House Chairperson, hon members and fellow South Africans, we are budgeting in a time of austerity and severe state capture; state capture which was brought to us by an ANC government.
The Division of Revenue Bill makes this abundantly clear. The Auditor- General's 2018 report shows that irregular expenditure arising from the abuse of procurement of management policies rose to R58 billion while provincial health and education departments have growing deficits amounting to R8 billion. Ask yourself; is this a government you should trust with the people of South Africa's money?
We are very concerned that the Child Support Grant of R425,00 is below the value of the extreme poverty line of R547,00 per person per month. The ANC leaves people with children in poverty. The DA will lift them out of it. [Interjections.]
The Medium-Term Budget Policy Statement phased out the Title Deeds Restoration Grant, even though there is still a backlog in the issuing of title deeds to beneficiaries of Reconstruction and Development Programme, RDP, houses. To balance the books, the Minister of Finance has decided to further reduce the Human Settlements Development Grant, which is a national competency, by another R3 billion over the ... [Inuadible.]