Deputy Speaker ...
... kungekudala nje, akakomi namathe, umhlonishwa u-James ubemi la ekhuluma nge-"better life for all". Umbuzo wami uthi ngabe nomhlonishwa u-Van der Westhuizen ukhuluma nge-"better life for all" na? Okwesibili, Phini likaSomlomo ukhuluma ngeziteleka zabasebenzi ngiyazi usho into yase- Rustenburg eMarikana kanye neyase-De Doorns. Mhlawumbe uMnumzane Van der Westhuizen angasho na ukuthi ... (Translation of isiZulu paragraph follows.)
[... not long ago, just a while ago, hon James was standing here talking about "a better life for all". And my question is whether hon Van der Westhuizen is also talking about "a better life for all". Secondly, Deputy Speaker, he is talking about the labour strikes and I know that he is referring to the strikes that are taking place around Rustenburg in Marikana and De Doorns. Maybe Mr Van Der Westhuizen can say whether ...]
... they are talking about a better life for all, when the CEO of Lonmin earns R850 000 a month and the rock driller ...
... okuyiyona ekhipha umnotho ihola izi-R4 000 ngenyanga. Ngabe umhlonishwa u-Van der Westhuizen uma ekhuluma ngodaba lwe ... [... who is the one who is extracting wealth, is earning R4 000 per month. If hon Van Der Westhuizen is talking about the issue of ...]
... sectoral determination, saying farmers cannot afford it, is he saying to other farmers that they should pay foreign nationals, rather than paying South Africans? Is that a better life for all? When a farmer tries to bribe an inspector for R11 000, but the inspector is the one who is arrested, is that a better life for all? Maybe hon Van der Westhuizen has to discuss that.
I just want to thank the political parties who have supported these pieces of legislation. I want to tell hon Van der Westhuizen that when you talk about flexibility, this particular legislation talks about the following: guidelines for justifiable different treatment of temporary and fixed-term contract workers; allowance for fixed-term contracts where there are justifiable reasons; exemption applications from collective agreement, and appeals to be dealt with in 30 days, and businesses employing fewer than 10 employees or businesses employing fewer than 50 that have been in operation for less than two years are excluded from the section dealing with fixed- term contracts.
Mhlawumbe-ke umhlonishwa udukuza oswini yingakho engezwa ukuthi sithini uma sikhuluma nge-flexibility. [Then maybe the hon member is confused - that is why he doesn't understand when we are talking about flexibility.]
There is flexibility in our legislation because the companies are allowed to apply for exemption. I want to say to the hon member I am not going to deal with the issue of labour broking now. I will deal with it when we talk about the Labour Relations Act. At the same time I want to say that, as the ANC, we will not rest until vulnerable workers are fully protected and are paid equally for equal work of the same value by their partners in the companies. I thank you very much. [Applause.]
Debate concluded.
Question put.
Bill read a second time. (Democratic Alliance and Independent Democrats dissenting.)