Chairperson, the level of unemployment is rising on a daily basis in our country. Women bear almost all the responsibility for meeting the basic needs of the families, yet they are systematically denied the resources and freedom to play such a role.
HIV and Aids are rapidly destroying our country. The current food price crisis has a severe impact on our nation. The level of desperation of our people also rises every minute. As we are seated here today, maybe we need to ask ourselves the question: What have we done to change the lives of our people, especially when there are those who go to bed with an empty stomach? For how long do we expect these people to be patient while this government is failing to create employment, and while this government is also wasting millions of rands?
Let me take this opportunity to advise this august House that each and every government deserves the number of criminals it has. The power is in our hands to eradicate the number of social ills in our country.
Because of the level of desperation our people tend to manipulate or abuse the present systems to survive. During the public hearings, many of the organisations alleged that doctors solicited bribes.