Chairperson, we need to ensure that South Africans are clear in their minds what we mean when we say we are making a radical shift during this second phase of our transition towards a democratic society. We are not playing marbles with the freedom we attained through the blood of our brothers and sisters and the sustained pain of those who are still with us.
It cannot be business as usual. We therefore, Chairperson, expect that the Department of Home Affairs should talk to the objectives for professionalism, efficiency, combating fraud and corruption, and management of migrants and refugees. As a member of the Security Cluster, the department should play its role to secure our population register, combat child trafficking, terrorism and general abuse of our civic documents by opportunistic nationals.
Chairperson, with all these responsibilities and important tasks that this department should do, this House should reject any suggestion by any person or party not supporting this Vote. We have agreed in the committee on a way forward to deal with some of the concerns of EFF and the DA.
It is disingenuous of them to come and grandstand here. We all know the transformation plans of the department, as they have been explained. The EFF is naughty about this matter.