Speaker, I would like to thank the Minister very much for his words of encouragement for the youth.
However, the ANC's youth wage subsidy seems to be a lot of talk and not a lot of action. We are concerned about that action. When are we going to take action and make that subsidy available? And how much will that subsidy be per person?
Almost one million people have lost their jobs, and many of those are young people. The ANC seems to have given them false hope with this scheme. Only a few thousand people were retrained under the Training Layoff Scheme, and only a few were employed for very short periods of time under the Expanded Public Works Programme. We believe the ANC has failed the youth of South Africa in this way. They have been waiting since February when we heard about it in the Budget Speech. When are we going to have that and how much will it be per person? Thank you.