I will conclude. [Laughter.]]
Chairperson, we must arrest underdevelopment. I heard the Minister and the Deputy Minister speaking about other issues of policy, and maybe it is important that I bring the people of Phalaborwa to this House in that regard. So, let me say that we must arrest underdevelopment, which is perpetuated by the challenges we have just outlined. Let me borrow from the wisdom of our forebears whose courage is best personified by the Sepedi idiom that ... "... t?hipu e rile ke lebelo, mohlaba wa re ke nabile". ["... people must listen when they are being given advice".]
We should never allow the speed at which monopoly capital prevails to outweigh the development of our people. This we must do, amongst other things, by giving maximum fiscal support to Usaasa so it attains its objective of providing accessible broadband to mostly underserviced areas, the people of Sekhukhune ...
... boNgwato le boHlabirwa ... [... the likes of Ngwato and Hlabirwa ...]
... to connect them to all over the world without any hindrance.
As they watch the sun rise, trying to figure out what is best for their communities, our chiefs, kings and queens - dikgo?i le dikgo?igadi - have maintained that ... "sekhukhune se bonwa ke sebataladi" [no sun outlasts its sunset]. True to our conviction, the lack of diversity within the ICT space is an orchestration of monopoly capital to advance an unintended societal divide by placing investment in areas that seem to be commercially viable. [Interjections.]
Vutomi byo antswa eka vanhu hinkwavo. [Better life for all the people.]
Our continued attempt to create a better life will find its correct meaning and expression when our people can connect with one other and talk at a much more reduced and affordable cost.
Bagologolo ba re: "Maropeng go a boelwa." [Let us create an environment where we will be able to have access to technology.]
As we return home to our rural homesteads in Bollanoto, Phalaborwa, we should be able to enjoy the advance of information and computer technology by being able to connect to the world without any hindrance over the next few years, so that we, the rural dwellers, can appreciate that like Johannesburg, Phalaborwa gives us an acceptable address. [Interjections.] You must come to Phalaborwa. Thank you. [Applause.]
USIHLALO WESIKHASHANA (Mnu J M Mthembu): Sizobiza-ke ilungu elihloniphakile uBaba uKhubisa - kungathi kade ufuna ukuza vele baba, ubusungithumelela imiyalezo ubuza ukuthi kanti ungena nini. Nali-ke ithuba lakho baba! (Translation of isiZulu paragraph follows.)
[The TEMPORARY CHAIRPERSON (Mr J M Mthembu): We call upon the hon member Khubisa - it looks like you could not wait for your name to be called, sir, you even sent me some messages asking when your time would come. This, then, is your opportunity, sir!]