... ba bot?wa gore ga ba ?omele mmasepala eup?a go na le motho yo ba mo ?omelago go t?wa go Independent Development Trust, IDT. Ba?omi ba bot?i?a gore ana motho o phelela go ja fela, ga a na dinyakwa t?e dingwe t?eo a swanet?ego go di reka ka t?helete? Batho ba lla ka sepit?a seo se ?omi?wago ge go thwalwa batho me?omong ya nakwana ya mmu?o. Ba re go thwalwa ka karata ya mokgatlo wa dipolotiki wo o bu?ago. Ge motho a sena karata yeo, gona motho yoo ga a hwet?e mo?omo; mohlala ke Mmasepaleng wa Elias Motsoaledi, motseng wa Kgaphamadi. (Translation of Sepedi paragraphs follows.)
[Mr M M SWATHE: ... they were told that they were not working for the municipality but for somebody from the Independent Development Trust. The workers are asking whether food is the only need in their lives and whether they do not have other needs that require money.
People are complaining about cadre employment in temporary posts in government. They are concerned that only card-carrying members of the ruling party are getting the jobs. Those who are not card-carrying members are not getting the jobs. A good example of this is Elias Motsoaledi Local Municipality in Kgaphamadi village.]
The DA would like to remind the government that the EPWP is the government's initiative to reduce poverty and enhance economic growth by providing work opportunities to all. We support the initiative. That is why the DA in the Western Cape turned out to be the only province that used it well. [Interjections.] It is the only province that used its entire allocated budget - exceeding its budget, in fact.
The DA noted from the National Development Plan that it is possible to eliminate poverty and reduce inequality by 2030. That can only happen through successful implementation of the EPWP as an antipoverty mechanism. The issue of bread and butter cannot be ignored because it is where people get life.
Re le ba DA, re tshepa gore Kgoro ya Me?omo ya Set?haba e na le karolo e kgolo ya go phethagat?a le go hlola me?omo set?habeng. Mananeo a dikgoro t?a mmu?o a swanet?e go fiwa bahloki, e sego kgethollo go ya ka dipolotiki. Batho ba swanet?e go fiwa menyetla. Kgoro ya Me?omo ya set?haba swanet?e go beakanya t?e nt?i go hlola me?omo le go hlahla baswa.
Go na le meago e ment?i ya mmu?o yeo e nyakago hlokomelo le go mpshafat?wa. Go na le baswa ba diketekete mebileng bao ba ka hlahlwago go ba baagi gomme ba ?omela mmu?o. Re rata go bona set?haba seo se ?omago Afrika Borwa gomme se se ka diragala ka thekgo ya mmu?o. Re lemoga gore meago ya mmu?o go thoma ka dikolo, dipetlele, dikgolego, dikantoro, le mabala le ditsela, ke dithoto t?a mmu?o. Re le ba DA, re bona pu?o e sa hlokomele set?haba eup?a e t?wela pele ka go tlai?a bahloki. Re bona taba ye e le go ?omi?a t?helete ya mmu?o bo?aedi.
Set?haba se lla ka fao dithentara di ?omi?wago ka gona. Se se hlolwa ke lebaka la gore batho bao ba ?omago go EPWP, bont?i bja bona ba lemoga gore ba ?omela motho yo a it?ego ka gore ke yena yo a humanego thentara. Motho o tee o fiwa t?helete e nt?i mola diketekete t?a batho di tlai?ega ka tlala. Re le ba DA, re re batho ba Afrika Borwa ba swanet?e go hlomphiwa. Ba swanet?e go fiwa dibaka t?a gore ba ?ome.
Dinaga t?e dingwe di ?omela dit?haba t?a t?ona. Ge motho a lebelela China le India, o bona dit?haba t?e kgolo eup?a set?haba sa dinaga t?eo se a ?oma go godi?a ekonomi ya t?ona. Mo Afrika Borwa re bona ba?omi ba mmu?o le baetapele ba sa hlokomele set?haba seo se ba kgethilego. Bont?i bja batho ga ba ipshine ka temokrasi le naga ya bona ka ge ba hloka mo?omo gomme ba a diila. Bodiidi ke lenaba set?habeng, bo t?ea tlhopho le seriti sa motho. (Translation of Sepedi paragraphs follows.)
[The DA believes that the Departments of Labour and Public Works have to play a major role in the creation of jobs. Poor people must have access to the programmes within the government departments. People should not be discriminated against on the basis of their political affiliation. Opportunities must be made available to the people. The Department of Public Works has to plan for job creation and for the training of young people.
Many government buildings need to be renovated and maintained. There are many young people in the streets who can be trained to be bricklayers and work for the government. We want to see a working nation in South Africa and this can only be achieved with the support from the government. We are aware that government buildings - from the schools, hospitals, prisons, offices, the stadia and the roads - are government assets. The DA feels that the government is not taking care of poor people and instead continues to oppress them. This is abuse of state money.
The public is complaining about the tender procedure. Many people who are working in the EPWP are aware that they are working for somebody who got the tender. A lot of money is given to an individual while thousands of people are experiencing poverty. Job opportunities have to be created for the people of South Africa.
Other countries are taking care of their nations. Countries like China and India have big populations but the people in these countries are working to enhance economic growth. In South Africa the public servants and the government leaders are not taking care of the citizens who elected them into office. Many people are not enjoying democracy or their land because they are poor as a result of the lack of jobs. Poverty is an enemy because it steals human dignity and respect from a human being.]
The DA implemented all the requirements of the EPWP. Poor people in the Western Cape have benefited from the EPWP. The hiring process is fair and open to all the people. The local people benefited from the Western Cape EPWP. All municipalities comply with the EPWP and implement it. The DA used the vision of an open-opportunity society vision to cater for all the people who wanted to work under the EPWP.
Our concern is that in most municipalities, the EPWP is not yet implemented. Some municipalities use the EPWP grant for their own programmes. The short time period of three to six months does not give employees enough time to learn and gain experience. The issues of sustainability and decent jobs are exposed. The DA believes that the EPWP jobs must be looked at or reviewed and other models that may create sustainable and decent work should be considered.
Work gives people dignity. Those people who are employed get wages and salaries, which they use to maintain their families. We need to check the impact of the EPWP on the lives of the people. We question whether the department will ever manage to reach the target of employing 4,5 million by 2014. [Interjections.] According to the Post Summit Report of the Municipal Summit 2011, only 244 out of 278 municipalities reached their EPWP targets.