Modulasetulo, mo?omo wo mont?hi o ?etse o dirilwe ke maloko ao a tlilego pele ga ka. [Chairperson, a lot of work has already been done by the members who came before me.]
I am not going to go back and repeat what they have said. However, there are important points that I think need clarification, especially to help Mr Worth. I think it is extremely important for members who serve in this House to always be honourable so that they can help our people to better understand the laws passed by this House, and not mislead our people - which is exactly what Mr Worth has done.
Mr Worth says that this Bill intends to centralise power. What Mr Worth is not telling the people of this country is that this Bill addresses challenges faced by government - the bottlenecks that block speedy delivery and the problems of skills that need to be shared by all spheres of government. He is not telling the public that. This Bill is actually intended for that. Having said that, Mr Worth should also, as an hon member, have the honour to tell our people that South Africa is a developing state. As a developing state, we have a responsibility to change things that were done by the previous government which are not helpful for the state to develop as expected.
But what also becomes important for us to communicate to the public is that the government of the day has an agenda - an agenda to transform the country. Mr Worth is not telling the people that. Mr Worth is not telling the people that this Bill is one instrument that is being used to ensure that this country is speedily and effectively transformed. I think as hon members we must learn to do that.
Having said that, I want to mention as I stand here that this Bill was tabled before the select committee. The select committee deliberated on the Bill and saw an urgent need for this Bill to support the existing Act in order to transform the state as expected, particularly in view of civil servants - to clarify certain roles that were not clarified by the Act. Therefore, as members of the ANC serving in the select committee, understanding the need to transform and understanding that we are a developing state, we have agreed that this Bill be passed by this House. Thank you very much. [Applause.]
Debate concluded.