Hon Chair, Bhungane and your team, hon members, it is often said that failing to plan is planning to fail, and since 1994 we have walked a long road of plans. Some of these plans are gathering dust in the archives of government. Hon Minister, it is high time we put the plans into action. The National Development Plan, NDP, has been conspicuous in its absence in the utterances of your colleagues in Cabinet during the past few weeks of the presentation of the Budget Votes. We have heard absolutely nothing about it. [Interjections.]
Hon Chair, whilst I'm on the floor let me say that when we are talking about the National Youth Development Agency, NYDA, I would hope that the adults in this House whose children's lives are better off will take the time to listen to what we are saying, because there are millions of young people out there who are struggling every day to improve their lives.
This continuous heckling borders on reckless dereliction of duty when it comes to actually looking at the issues which are key and central to the suffering of young people. So could they please behave and conduct themselves like adults for the sake of young people out there who are struggling every single day. [Applause.]
Hon Minister, we want to say to you that, as the IFP, we will continue to support the NDP because it exists as our only salvation now in respect of where this country is going. We can interrogate it at a later stage - whether you are doing what is there or not - but I think the time has come for the NDP to be brought to life in real and practical terms as opposed to this continual bypassing that is taking place. Others are going on about the national democratic revolution, NDR, and more emphasis is being put on the Freedom Charter, and this and that, but the NDP must take a centre stage. [Interjections.] [Applause.]