Speaker, die Demokratiese Alliansie het hom nog altyd daarvoor beywer om te voorkom dat openbare ondernemings in monopolie ontaard wat mededinging en lae pryse voorkom, en daarom is die DA van mening dat, wanneer hierdie openbare ondernemings nie effektief bestuur word nie, die ANC sy beleid moet verander sodat private produsente kan meeding met daardie openbare ondernemings. Daarom verwelkom ons dit ook dat die Nywerheidsontwikkelingskorporasie onlangs aan agt verskillende private ondernemers subsidies beskikbaar gestel het om die elektrisiteitsbedryf te betree. Ons waardeer dit ook dat Transnet nou onlangs in die week aangekondig het dat hy 20 000km spoorlyn beskikbaar gaan stel vir private tender.
Ons kan ongelukkig nie hierdie begroting van openbare ondernemings goedkeur of steun nie, want, ten spyte daarvan dat die agb minister Manuel verlede jaar tydens die aansuiweringsbegroting in die Parlement ges het dat openbare ondernemings 'n risiko vir die belastingbetaler word, het hy in Februarie net so omgeswaai en vir die Korrelbed Modulre Reaktor R1,7 miljard gegee en vir SAL R1,5 miljard.
Die Korrelbed Modulre Reaktor het al reeds 10 jaar lank navorsing gedoen en moet vir nog vyf jaar navorsing doen om uiteindelik teen 'n prys van R18 miljard net 160MW krag te lewer - wat 'n druppel in die emmer is. Duitsland het reeds hierdie eksperiment van die tafel af gevee.
Agb minister Manuel het ook R1,5 miljard vir SAL gegee om sekere afleweringskostes van 15 Airbus vliegtuie te kanselleer wat vroegtydig afgelewer is maar nou nie meer benodig word nie. Dit is maar net weereens 'n teken van hoe die belastingbetaler se geld gemors word deur sekere openbare ondernemings en dat die staat oneffektief is om hierdie ondernemings effektief te bedryf, daarom kan die DA nie hierdie begroting steun nie. Dankie. (Translation of Afrikaans declaration of vote follows.)
[Dr S M Van Dyk: Speaker, the Democratic Alliance has always endeavoured to prevent public enterprises from degenerating into monopolies that hinder competition and lower prices, which is why the DA is of the opinion that, when these public enterprises are not being managed effectively, the ANC ought to change its policy to allow private producers to compete with those public enterprises. That is why we also welcome the Industrial Development Corporation having recently made subsidies available to eight different private ventures to enter the electricity industry. We also welcome Transnet's announcement earlier this week that 20 000km of railway line will be made available for private tender.
Unfortunately we cannot agree with or support this budget for Public Enterprises because, despite the fact that during last year's adjustment appropriation in Parliament the hon Minister Manuel said that public enterprises are becoming a risk to the taxpayer, he turned around just like that in February and gave R1,7 billion to the pebble bed modular reactor, PBMR, and R1,5 billion to SAA.
The pebble bed modular reactor has already been conducting research for the past 10 years and will have to do research for another five years before it will eventually be able to deliver a mere 160MW - just a drop in the ocean - for the price of R18 billion. Germany has already abandoned this experiment.
Hon Minister Manuel also gave R1,5 billion to SAA in order to cancel certain delivery charges for 15 Airbus aeroplanes that were delivered early and are now no longer needed. This is just another indication of how certain public enterprises are wasting the taxpayer's money and how inefficient the state is at managing these enterprises effectively, which is why the DA cannot support this budget. Thank you.]