Oh, thank you. Most of the functions of this department can be implemented by the Department of Trade and Industry, the Department of Finance, etc. The policy positions adopted by this department can also be covered by the National Development Plan. Since the President announced the R5 billion budget for the youth wage subsidy programme in 2010, this department has been incapable of implementing it, despite the hunger for jobs with an estimated 7 million people without work.
Nothing in the New Growth Path is new. Many of its components are ignored, for instance the case of the lower interest rates by the Governor of the Reserve Bank. On the microeconomic side, Minister Patel proposed a series of interesting interventions, very few of which have been taken seriously by any government department or stakeholder. The DA, therefore, cannot support this Budget Vote. Thank you.