Chairperson, hon members ... Hon Minister, I am sorry. I started by addressing members when I was supposed to have started with you first.
This Bill comes at a time when some people have encountered some difficulties and suffered a lot as tenants under landlords or property owners. The IFP welcomes the objectives of the Bill and also believes that the common practice of unlawful lockouts, as my colleague has mentioned, of tenants and of cutting off of utilities will now be an offence.
Sihlalo ohloniphekileyo, umthetho osezithebeni manje unikeza umqashi nomqashwa ilungelo elimfanele. Kwathi cheze nje emthethweni oshayiwe, umthetho oshayiwe uzoyidlala indawo yawo kulowo ohlulekile ukuwugcina. Ushayiwe manje umthetho, ohluleka ukuwugcina lo mthetho, uzoyidlala indawo yawo. Siyethemba ke ukuthi izingxabano eziba khona phakathi ko mqashisi no mqashi, inkinga ebikhona izophela nya. Sihlalo thina be IFP siyawusekela lo mthetho ngo elethu. Ngiyabonga [ihlombe]. (Translation of isiZulu paragraph follows.)
[Hon Chairperson, the legislation before us will now give both employer and employee their appropriate rights. Any deviation from the law, the envisaged law, once passed, will take its course against the one who fails to abide by it. The law has now been passed and it will now take its course against anyone who breaks it. We hope that the disputes that are common between employer and employee will now come to an end. Hon Chairperson, the IFP supports this Bill. Thank you. [Applause.]]