Agb Voorsitter, ek het verlede jaar 'n vraag aan die agb Minister gestel, en die Minister het erken dat daar minstens 33 munisipaliteite is wat verlede jaar geen ingenieur in diens gehad het nie.
Die debat wat ons hier voer, gaan oor die tekort aan kundigheid. As ons gaan kyk na die finansile verslae, dan sien ons in die hele totale sfeer van plaaslike regering dat daar 'n gebrek aan kundigheid is.
Die agb Doman is korrek. Hy het die punte hierso een vir een aangespreek, byvoorbeeld vakatures wat ontstaan wat nie gevul word nie.
Maar, wat ek nie verstaan nie, is dat die agb Doman nie kan verstaan hkom dit nie gevul word nie! Die ANC noem dit regstellende aksie, en die agb Doman behoort aan 'n party wat regstellende aksie ondersteun.
Voorsitter, u het hoeveel sprekers van die DA op hierdie podium gehad wat s dat daar regstellende aksie moet wees. Agb Doman s hy bevestig dit, maar hy kan mos nou nie kla daaroor as hy nou begin saai wat hy gemaai het nie. Agb Doman, u versterk die ANC in hul soeke na regstellende aksie. U is die vennoot van die ANC in hierdie aspek. [Gelag.]
Voorsitter, ek wil vandag vir u s, die Vryheidsfront het Suid-Afrikaanse talent. Ons het hoeveel CVs van professionele mense - ingenieurs, ouditeurs - wat beskikbaar is. Ons bied dit aan u. Kom na ons toe; ons sal vir u die name gee om daardie kundigheid te herstel. Dankie. (Translation of Afrikaans paragraphs follows.)
[Mr P J GROENEWALD: Hon Chairperson, last year I posed a question to the hon Minister, and the Minister admitted that there are at least 33 municipalities that didn't have any engineers in their service.
The debate that we are conducting here is about the shortage of skills. When we have a look at the financial reports then we find that there is a shortage of skills in the entire sphere of local government.
The hon Doman is correct. He addressed the issues here one by one, for instance, vacancies that become available that are not being filled.
But, what I cannot comprehend is that the hon Doman cannot understand why it is not being filled! The ANC calls it affirmative action, and the hon Doman belongs to a party that supports affirmative action. Chairperson, you have had many speakers from the DA on this podium who stated that there has to be affirmative action. Hon Doman is saying that he upholds this, and then he shouldn't be complaining about it now that he has to start reaping what he has sowed.
Hon Doman, you are strengthening the ANC in their quest for affirmative action. You are in partnership with the ANC in this regard. [Laughter.]
Chairperson, I want to say to you today, the Freedom Front is in possession of South African talent. We have many CVs of professional people - engineers, auditors - who are available. We offer them to you. Come to us; we will give you the names in order for those skills to be reinstated. Thank you.]