Thank you very much, House Chairperson.
Mphathiswa, mandizibandakanye nawe kwelithi malibanjwe lingatshoni. [Minister, let me join you in saying, let us intensify our efforts.]
Given the fact that affirmative action is one of the key sections in the Employment Equity Act, an Act which came about as a result of the Constitution of the Republic addressing the inequalities, in your response you have indicated that the Commission on Employment Equity, in its 10th report, revealed that there are inequalities in the workplace. How does the Minister intend to address these inequalities? What measures does he intend to put in place, because the Employment Equity Act has been in existence for more than 10 years, as I speak now. Thank you.
UMPHATHISWA WEZEMISEBENZI: Kungekudala amalungu eKomiti ejongene neMicimbi yeSebe lezaBasebenzi azakuhlangana nezilungiso kuMthetho woLungelelwaniso ngokwaseNgqeshweni. Sifuna ukuqinisa phaya ngasemva kanye ukuze izohlwayo zithi xhaxhe ukwenzela ukuba lo ungafuniyo ukuphumeza umthetho simbambe qha qwaba. Uza kube ukhona; uza kube ulapha kweli lizwe. Andiyi ndawo mna apha. (Translation of isiXhosa paragraph follows.)
[The MINISTER OF LABOUR: Very soon members of the Portfolio Committee on Labour will meet to discuss the amendments to the Employment Equity Act. We want to regulate there so as to ensure that the punitive measures are more intense so that those who do not want to implement the Act are arrested. You will be here, in this country. I am going nowhere.]
Outcomes of audit into Sentech and measures taken to stabilise same
142. Mr S E Kholwane (ANC) asked the Minister of Communications:
What (a) are the outcomes of the audit into Sentech that was commissioned earlier this year and (b) measures has he taken to stabilise Sentech? NO2665E