Agb Speaker, agb President, die VF Plus verwelkom ... [Hon Speaker, hon President, the FF Plus welcomes ...] I will change to English just now, Mr President.
Die VF Plus verwelkom uit die aard van die saak enige verbetering in dienslewering. Wat egter nie sin maak nie, is die afdanking van persone en voormalige Ministers soos die agb Barbara Hogan en Geoff Doidge wat goeie prestasie gelewer het. U het ges wat nie werk nie moet weer reggemaak word om te werk. Hulle het gewerk, want dit was twee moeilike portefeuljes.
Verder moet u u nie laat mislei deur te dink dat al u Ministers wat nou hier sit, altyd in die Huis is as hulle moet werk nie. Hulle sit hier om u te bendruk, want gister met die Aansuiweringsbegrotingswetsontwerp was daar 10 Ministers - eintlik net 9, want een het darem 'n amptelike verskoning gehad - wat nie teenwoordig was nie. (Translation of Afrikaans paragraphs follows.)
[The FF Plus naturally welcomes any improvement in service delivery. However, what does not make sense is the dismissal of individuals and former Ministers like hon Barbara Hogan and Geoff Doidge, who performed well. You said that if something is not working the situation should be rectified to make it work. They were working, because those were two difficult portfolios.
Furthermore, do not allow yourself to be misled by thinking that all Ministers who are present now are always in the House when work needs to be done. They are sitting here to impress you, because yesterday when we dealt with the Adjustments Appropriation Bill there were 10 Ministers who were not present - actually only 9, because one of them at least had an official apology.]
The FF Plus welcomes any improvement in service delivery. What we do not understand is why former Ministers, Barbara Hogan and Geoff Doidge, were replaced. They have done a good job and you said that if something does not work, you have to replace it with something that works. They had two very difficult portfolios which were in chaos and they have done a good job. My first follow-up on that one is whether you would agree that it was not only service delivery but also political situations that you had to consider.
Secondly, you must not be misled by the fact that when you are in this House, all your Ministers are sitting here. Yesterday, with the Appropriation Bill or the additional one, where the Ministers came to this House and asked for more money, nine of them were absent. They could not even answer the questions of the opposition. Would you agree that that is disrespectful towards this House and that you should do something about that? Thank you. [Applause.]