Hon House Chair and hon members, there is nothing honourable about a lapsed communist who supports neoliberalism and rejects the path of nationalisation of the commanding heights of the economy and the expropriation of land without compensation - the second stage.
The EFF rejects the Budget Vote of Statistics SA on the basis that the model of statistics collection emphasises a milder version of the crisis that defines South Africa today. Its model of measuring poverty, unemployment and inequality tends to enforce the imaginary good story which the government is telling - the imaginary story we are told.
Statistics SA should be more autonomous, operate independently and tell the real story, which is that the majority of our people are living under difficult conditions. Therefore, the EFF rejects this Budget Vote.