I didn't refer to him as the Minister in that portfolio. I just referred to the statement he made on Koeberg.
The state of affairs in respect of the implementation and constitutionality of issues relating to this is at best disgraceful. Bad planning and a lack of foresight are evident, with its resultant collapse in the near future not being impossible.
The Oilgate saga is a clear example of the manipulation of state entities to the benefit of the ANC at the cost of the public. It is an indisputable fact that R11 million was paid to the ANC a few days before Christmas in 2003 - a nice Christmas present, I think, before the election of 2004. It was paid by Imvume that secured lucrative oil contracts from the Iraqi government due to the assistance of senior ANC members, leading to this enormous payback as thanks for their efforts.
The double payment by PetroSA to the supplier of the oil before the money was due, indicates how the ANC is prepared to muzzle public entities and unscrupulously use private companies and institutions to its own benefit. The ANC should therefore be forced to pay back this money, which it has extorted from PetroSA at the cost of the South African public. We cannot support this Budget Vote.