Thank you, Deputy Speaker. The essence of the establishment of the National Youth Development Agency ...
... kukukhupha uMaMpehle etyotyombeni umfake endlwini yesamente. [... is to take MaMpehle out of a shack and put her in a cement house.]
The responsibility of the National Youth Development Agency is to respond to the plight of the ordinary young people in our country who do not have jobs or access to bursaries, and who want to build up businesses. The ANC government have failed and left that gap unattended because of its own problems.
Today, the youth of South Africa have no leadership, no board and no people who advocate issues that relate to youth in this country on their behalf, because the President, as a leader of this country, has failed to appoint leadership that will give guidance to the youth of South Africa. It has been seven months now; the youth of the country does not have leadership. You can blame the NCOP, and you can blame the National Assembly; it is your responsibility to lead. We need the youth. The youth of this country today is roaming around the streets burning. There is no youth leadership that is able to stand up, guide them, and say that they want to build a youth that will contribute productively to public dialogue in our country.
The youth of this country is not involved in the discussions, and it is your fault. Because of your own internal problems in the ANC, you do not want to appoint the board. [Interjections.] We, as Cope, believe that you continue to fail ... [Interjections.]