Minister, at the time when citizens of South Africa are crying out for help - literally being slaughtered in their homes - it seems utterly unacceptable that, firstly, we see a R459 million allocation to administration. The reasons for which I would ask the hon Minister to detail, including answering whether or not yet more than the R90 million already spent on suspended SAPS members is being asked from that amount or perhaps elsewhere.
It is unacceptable that at this time, the second highest appropriation is, of all things, for protection services. Will this assist the SAPS in their dismal conviction rate of just 19% for contact crimes? Will this train more than just 14% of our station commissioners who are not trained in management and leadership? I believe not. Protection services already had an enormous increase in their budget. I must ask why our citizens should stomach yet more money to be paid to protect our already cosseted Ministers when it seems their worth has so little value to this current government.
UNGQONGQOSHE WEZOKUPHEPHA NOKUVIKELEKA: Sihlalo, bengithi ilungu elihloniphekile lizobuza umbuzo ophusile. Engikutholayo la ukuthi ukukhuluma nje kokuzama ukuthi kunakwe noma anakwe abe yintanda kubukwa. Lento ayishoyo yokubhekelela amahhovisi, yila khona ukuhlela kanye nokucubungula kusuka khona. Ngakho-ke kufuneka kuqale lapho, uma imali izofika noma ngabe izoyaphi kumele iqale emahhovisi, ukuze kukwazi uma isuka lapho ibhekane nezinqinamba esibhekene nazo.
Njengoba ubona-ke la kwisahlukaniselo ukuthi into ebekwe phezulu lapha kakhulu esithi kufanele yenzeke, y indaba yokucubungula amacala, yindaba yobuchwepheshe kanye nokuqinisa ingqala sizinda ngoba ngaphandle kwalezi zinto ezi la, esizibeke njenge zinto okuyizona eziphezulu ekubhekeni lo msebenzi esibhekene nawo ngeke sakwazi ukuthi sehlise izinga lobugebengu. Ngakho-ke siyasemukela le sahlukaniselo esinikeziwe thina la ngenxa yokuthi siyabona ukuthi sizosinceda kulo msebenzi esibhekene nawo. Ngiyabonga Sihlalo. (Translation of isiZulu paragraphs follows.)
[The MINISTER OF SAFETY AND SECURITY: Chairperson, I thought that the hon Member was going to ask me a sensible question. What I find is that she just needed to draw attention. What she is referring to, in terms of catering for the offices, is where the planning and analysis processes start. Therefore everything must start there. If there will be money coming in irrespective of where it is going to, it must start at the office so that it can be utilised for the challenges we are faced with.
As you can see here in the allocation, our first priorities to be addressed are the issue of crime analysis, technology and the strengthening of infrastructure capacity because without these things, which we have outlined as our priorities in order to carry out our responsibility, we will not be able to reduce the crime rate. We support this Budget allocation because it will help us in doing our work. Thank you Chairperson.]
Vote No 26 - Housing: