Ngokwalo mbuzo wakhe, andikakulungeli oko. Uthethe ngembuzi, mna ke ndicinga ukuba uthetha ngebhokhwe. Ndicela ahlale phantsi. [Regarding your question, I am not prepared to do that. He is talking about something which is not clear. I thought he was talking about a goat. Can he please sit down?] [Laughter.]
The ANC, the ruling party, is a party that cares for its people. We urge the Department of Transport to reduce the vacancy rate of 26% even further. We congratulate the Department of Transport for the extent to which it reflects the demographics of our country.
We, however, urge the department to improve female representation at senior management level. The department has a target of 50/50. It is currently at 62% male and 38% female. If the department has been able to have a majority of women at other levels, we are confident that it can do the same in this line function.
The department has a highly skilled staff complement. Over 60% of its employees fall within the category of professionally qualified and top management. However, I have a concern, out of the 566 employees, 232 are classified as semi-skilled, 151 of whom are women. We urge the department to develop a plan to address this. We have to improve the skills level of our people. It is only through the improvement of the skills level of our people that the ruling party will be able to improve the quality of life of the citizens of our country.
Sihlalo, ndibuye nganeno, apha bekukho amalungu ebexoxa, exovula izinto ezirhuqisa umnqayi, ngokwendlela abacinga ngayo. Andisayi kuba phendula bonke kuba andinyanzelekanga, kodwa kukho imibutho noko ekufuneka siyincedise. Apha bekukho indoda ethetha nge-Civil Aviation Authority, CAA ... [Uwelewele.] (Translation of isiXhosa paragraph follow.)
[Chairperson, let me stop there, there were members who deliberated on issues of concern, according to them. I am not going to respond to all of them because I am not forced to do so, but there are those organistions that we must give a hand to. Here we have a man who was talking about the Civil Aviation Authority, CAA ... [Interjections.]