Chair, I think the first thing we need to do is to differentiate between ...
... umlotha nomquba nje namaqiniso. I-DA yazi kahle ukuthi kusukela ngo- 2004 silokhu simatasatasa sithuthukisa ingqalasizinda. [... the garbage, trash and the truth. The DA knows very well that since 2004, we are very busy developing the infrastructure.]
This year, during the debate on this Budget Vote, 10 substations were mentioned by the Minister.
Bayakwazi lokho. Kodwa-ke njengoba belapha bafuna nje ukubukwa ngabantu abalaphaya kwi-gallery. Maqondana ne-ID, lungu elihloniphekile, uyabona usungenza ngishintshe umqondo. Besithi sizokucelela ukuba ube yingxenye yaleli thimba okufanele liye eLatin America ukuze ukwazi ukukuqonda ukuthi udaba lwezamandla akwaziyo ukuvuseleleka seluhambe kangakanani nokuthi yiziphi izinselelo ezikhona. Manje usungenza ngifune ukuwutshinta ngempela umqondo.
Maqondana nalokho okushilo, inkinga ukuthi sinezinto eziningi esibhekene nazo eMnyangweni wonke. Asinaso isikhathi sokubhekana "neMail and Garbage". Musa ukulokhu uzositshela izindaba "zeMail and Garbage". [Ubuwelewele.] (Translation of isiZulu paragraphs follows.)
[And they know that. But now, because there are people sitting in the gallery, they start showing off. Well, with regard to the ID, you see, hon member, you make me change my mind. We had planned that we would plead for you to be part of the delegation that is going to Latin America so that you will understand how far they have gone with regard to biofuels and the challenges they are facing. And now you want me to change my mind.
Regarding what you said, the problem here is that we are dealing with a lot of things in the whole department. We don't have time for the "Mail and Garbage". So stop telling us the stories from the "Mail and Garbage". [Interjections.]]
Vote agreed to (Democratic Alliance, Independent Democrats and Freedom Front Plus dissenting).
Vote No 30 - Public Enterprises - put.
Declarations of vote: