... ingenieurs nie. En dit is hoekom dit gaan soos wat dit gaan. Daar is kapitale begrotings, byvoorbeeld. Sommige munisipaliteite bestee nie eens 30% van hul kapitale begrotings nie. Hoekom nie? Dit is as gevolg van onkundige personeel wat nie weet hoe om die werk te doen nie, want dit is mos belangriker om jou maatjie en jou familielid en jou vriend in 'n posisie aan te stel as om dienste aan die mense te lewer.
Die Minister het dienstegelde aangespreek. Hy s daar is R40 miljard uitstaande. Wat van die gelde wat afgeskryf is, agb Minister? Ek wil vir u s dat baie meer as R40 miljard uitstaande is. Met die bedrag agterstallige dienstegelde kan Suid-Afrika nog 'n polisiemag in diens stel en dan kan hulle misdaad beter bekamp. Doen di drie dinge, en u sal vordering maak. Ek dank u. [Tyd verstreke.] (Translation of Afrikaans paragraphs follows.)
[Mr P J GROENEWALD: ... engineers. And this is why things are happening as they are at present. There are capital budgets, for instance. Some municipalities do not even spend 30% of their capital budgets. Why not? This is as a result of incompetent staff who do not know how to do the work, because it is more important, of course, to appoint your mate and your relative and your friend in a position rather than to deliver services to the people.
The Minister spoke about service charges. He says that there is R40 billion outstanding. What about the money that has been written off, hon Minister? I would like to say to you that it is much more than R40 billion that is outstanding. With the amount of service charges outstanding, South Africa would be able to commission another police force and they would duly be able to combat crime more effectively. Do these three things and you will make progress. Thank you. [Time expired.]]