Sihlalo, namaPhini oNgqongqoshe omabili ngithi unwele olude. [Chairperson and the two Deputy Ministers, long live!]
Chairperson, I'm probably one of those who would not get the increase. These two pieces of legislation have been tabled in this House before. They reappear today because they did not pass the test set by our Constitutional Court.
We should, however, have learnt that consultation is key to legislative processes. Perhaps one could say that cross-boundary municipalities should not have been created at all because they have caused a great deal of inconvenience to the residents involved.
Mainly these two Bills address the Constitutional Court's verdict in the Matatiele case which led to the other affected cross-boundary municipalities approaching the court for recourse. The IFP is not in a position to support these two Bills. The Khutsong case is still before the court and no decision has been taken yet.
The reason we are debating these two Bills is because the court had made it easier for the government to ratify the deficiency in the original piece of legislation. It does not matter what other people say about this issue now. It is not going to help anyone. In plain isiZulu, one could say -
... noma ungathini kufana nokuthi usuzela emanzini nje kuphela. IsiZulu, baba. [... it is like f*rting in the water.]
If the court has said that the procedure followed in these Bills was unprocedural, without giving any further explanation, I do ...
USOTSWEBHU OMKHULU WOMKHANDLU: Ngiyabonga, Sihlalo. Ngifuna ukwazi ukuthi ngabe kuwulimi oluvumelekile yini eNdlini yePhalamende ukuthi ilungu likhulume ngokusuzela emanzini?
USIHLALO WENDLU (Ms N M Oliphant): Ngicela nithule. Ilungu elihloniphekile belisho isisho sesintu okungesesiZulu, ngakho akusho ukuthi ukusuzela emanzini akukho emthethweni noma kuyinhlamba kodwa kuyisisho sesiZulu. Qhubeka mhlonishwa uMzizi. [Ihlombe.] (Translation of isiZulu paragraphs follows.)
[The CHIEF WHIP OF THE NCOP: Thank you, Chairperson. I would like to know whether it is acceptable for the hon member to use the phrase "to f*rt in the water" in the House?