Imizuzu yam ndiyifumane, Somlomo. Kufuneka sibafundise amagama opolitiko kuba kaloku le nto ilupolitiko bayibambe emsileni. Ingakumbi igama lorhwaphilizo kuba kaloku asisenakuzonwaya singenakuthimla; yonke into lurhwaphilizo. Nokuba kugqitha uhodoshe, lurhwaphilizo olo. [Uwelewele.] (Translation of isiXhosa paragraph follows.)
[Mrs L E YENGENI: Hon Speaker, I must get my minutes back. We need to teach them political terms because they are new to politics. This applies to the term corruption in particular; it seems that we can no longer have a relaxed moment or sneeze for that matter because everything is corruption to them. Even if a carrion fly flies by, that is also called corruption.]
We have observed some sections in the Public Finance Management Act that are in contradiction with some sections in the Appropriation Bill. Section 43(2)(a)(b)(c) does not authorise the shifting of virements of transfers earmarked for particular urgency, as well as allocations earmarked for capital payments to defray current payment. However, we have observed that section 5 of the Appropriation Bill comes up with opposite provisions, which makes our work very difficult. These contradictions compromise our oversight function.
Another important observation is that Parliament approves the Appropriation Bill, but when departments are doing shifting and virements, Parliament does not get involved. There are a lot of gaps and challenges, such as tight timeframes for Parliament to consider and pass legislation.
Coming to the Department of Education - I will take one department out of many. Whilst we applaud the Department of Higher Education and Training for the introduction of financial support schemes in technical colleges, and for dealing with the issue of access to education, there has been ongoing concern regarding the allocation of funds to universities and universities of technology.
According to the Appropriation Bill, allocations to former white universities remain high, whilst those that are earmarked for former black universities remain low. This calls for a review of the allocation formulae. Some of these universities have enough resources, to the extent that they can even run without government's intervention or the National Student Financial Aid Scheme, NSFAS, while the former black universities still have a backlog of students who do not receive financial aid because of inadequate allocations. For instance, the allocation that goes to the University of Cape Town is R974 million versus the University of the Western Cape's R570 million; the University of Stellenbosch receives R975 million versus the University of Zululand's R306 million. I can go on; it remains the same.
Whilst a long, hard struggle took place in this country and resulted in a Constitution that upholds the noble principles of nonracialism and nonsexism, it is disgraceful to note that racism in the province of the Western Cape ... [Interjections.] ... is not only alive and kicking, but is growing at an alarming rate. The government of the DA in the Western Cape is busy promoting and entrenching the culture and politics of divide and rule. They are busy turning the wheel backwards, eroding all the gains of our struggle for freedom and justice.
How else do you explain the racist outburst of the premier of this province, Helen Zille, calling black South Africans in this province refugees? No one condemned those ... [Interjections.]