Hon Marais, when I was the Minister of Housing, I worked very closely with the City of Cape Town. At that time it was led by the ANC. We then had a change of government, and the DA-led government came into place in the City of Cape Town. Almost overnight, everybody who was in that Department of Housing was changed. The DA took the opportunity to put their own people in place - in government. That was never called cadre deployment. It is only called cadre deployment when the ANC uses it. [Applause.]
Right from the outset, we have had the responsibility of ensuring that there is sufficient representivity in the public sector in line with the Constitution. We wanted to make sure there are enough people who understand the policies of the ANC in the public sector. Therefore, we wanted to make sure that we can put forward our people to take up positions of responsibility to drive the programmes of the ANC. It is acceptable world- wide, and this is what we are doing. The reason why we have now instituted compulsory training is to ensure that anybody - not only those that are deployed by the ANC - who enters the public sector has sufficient training and education to be able to give the necessary services to our people. Thank you. [Applause.]
Legislation prohibiting business dealings between public servants and the state
100. Mr S J F Marais (DA) asked the Minister for the Public Service and Administration:
When will she introduce legislation that prohibits public servants from entering into business dealings with the state? NO843E