Chairperson, the ANC supports Budget Vote 19: Social Development, for the following reasons. The Minister of Social Development has done a lot. She has held roadshows that have dealt with drug abuse and the trafficking of children. Also, the Minister is working very hard to try to deal with access to liquor by children by making it difficult for them to access liquor, as we have seen that it is the cause of social ills in our children.
With all these social ills among our children, the Minister is working very hard to improve conditions at early childhood development centres to make sure that all our children are properly educated and for them to make the correct decisions when they have to make decisions. Therefore, we cannot accept that the Minister is actually failing our children, when she is trying so hard to make sure that our children are safer. She is also going on these roadshows to raise awareness of drug abuse, especially, as we know, given that that it is rife in the Western Cape. We are making serious strides in ensuring that we deal with drug abuse so that it does not affect our children. The ANC really supports this Budget Vote. Thank you.
Vote agreed to (Democratic Alliance and Independent Democrats dissenting).
Vote No 20 - Sport and Recreation South Africa - put:
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