Die DA wil nie genoeg geld gee om arm mense sonder huise te help nie. Daar word ook nie grond gekoop om mense op te vestig nie. Die grond wat daar is, word nie beskikbaar gestel nie, omdat die DA nie arm mense in hul gebiede wil toelaat nie, want hulle mag dalk vir 'n ander party stem. Die DA speel dus speletjies met mense se lewens en tragiese omstandighede.
Behalwe dat Kaapstad se DA selektief net geld aan infrastruktuur in sy DA- kiesersgebiede bestee, ignoreer hy flagrant die nood in ander gebiede. [Tussenwerpsels.] Kaapstad pas fiskale storting toe. Hy gooi oorskotte in sy kapitaalbegroting op sypaadjies in gediensde gebiede; hy pak bakstene op verkeerseilande, onder bome en in tuine terwyl daar mense in hierdie stad is wat geen boom het om onder te slaap nie - nie plek vir 'n tuin het of 'n baksteen om hulle teen die aanslag van koue, ren, stormwinde, water, en warm weer te beskerm nie. Dit is hoe skynheilig die tweegesig DA-monster is.
Behalwe dat die stad nie dienste aan inwoners wil lewer nie, wil hy ook nie met ander regeringsvlakke saamwerk nie, en doen alles moontlik om met die N2 Gateway-projek te sloer; of gee stukkies grond vir ekonomiese behuising aan simpatieke vriende en van sy voornemende skenkers. Die DA dink hy kan die taak deur die privaatsektor laat doen. Maatskaplike behuising is 'n taak van die regering en ons moet dit saam doen, agb Watson. Die ander wil geldmaak; nie ander mense help nie, soos die DA dit doen.
Die DA stoom voort met sy ou storie. Hy wil regeer, maar waar hy die bus gevang het, is hy nie gebore in staat om goeie bestuur toe te pas nie, agb Watson. Hy is 'n afvlerkparty wat lam raak as n yslike taak aangepak moet word. Kortom, die DA is soos hulle s in Kaapse terme of op die Vlakte: Die DA is "useless" en kan nie in regering vertrou word nie. [Tussenwerpsels.] Hy verdien dit om deur sy eie kiesers verwerp te word omdat hy 'n teleurstelling is en bly, ongeag wie sy leier is. (Translation of Afrikaans paragraphs follows.)
[Mr F ADAMS: The DA doesn't want to give enough money to assist poor people without homes. Land is also not being procured to settle people on. The land already there is not being made available because the DA will not allow poor people into their areas, because they may just vote for another party. The DA is therefore playing games with people's lives and tragic circumstances.
Besides only spending money selectively on infrastructure in its own voters' areas, the DA is also flagrantly ignoring needs in other areas. [Interjections.] Cape Town applies fiscal dumping. It is spending surpluses in its capital budget on sidewalks in serviced areas. It is laying bricks on traffic islands, under trees and in gardens, while there are people in this city who have no tree to sleep under, no space for a garden, nor a brick with which to protect themselves from the cold, rainy weather, gales, water and even warm weather. That's how hypocritical the two-faced DA monster is. Apart from the fact that the City refuses to render services to residents, it also won't co-operate with other tiers of government and is doing everything possible to delay the N2 Gateway project; and it gives tracts of land for economic housing to sympathetic friends and some of its prospective donors. The DA thinks it can let the private sector perform this task. Social housing is a government task and we should do it together, hon Watson. The others want to make money and not help the people, just like the DA is doing.
The DA is forging ahead with its old story. It wants to govern, but from where it got on the bus it is totally unable to effect sound management, hon Watson. It is a party with a broken wing, which goes lame whenever an enormous task has to be tackled. In short, as they say on the Cape Flats: The DA is useless and cannot be trusted in governance. [Interjections.] It deserves to be rejected by its own voters because it is and will remain a disappointment, irrespective of who its leader may be.]
I want to quote, in conclusion, a great leader of the ANC, Chief Albert Luthuli. He said:
Our vision has always been that of a nonracial, democratic South Africa which upholds the rights of all who live in our country to remain there as full citizens, with equal rights and responsibilities with all others. For the consummation of this ideal we have laboured unflinchingly. We shall continue to labour unflinchingly ...
... in uplifting the poor. I thank you. [Applause.]