Pedi was formed and appointed to assist these tenants to acquire expert skills that would lead them to a better economic status in terms of management, ownership and competency.
To the surprise of the tenants, one of the board members of the same structure that was given money to assist, Anthea Serristleve, who is the current DA Chief Whip in the legislature, sold the park without consulting the other board members. The worst part is that the buyer was an invitee to the meeting where the decision of how the park must be sold was made. He was not just a spectator in that meeting, but participated in deciding how it could be sold. The name of the buyer is Oscar Saunders, under Mikadow Trading 19 (Pty) Ltd. The same man bought Crossroads Shopping Mall under a different name, Airport Corridor. The buyer is a white male from the Boland. Almost all of the tenants who were robbed by the DA have occupied that park for almost 20 years and they are all from the black townships. Know your DA.
Hon Lindiwe Mazibuko and Mnqansela, are you proud of being leaders of a party that has no respect for human rights, an organisation that forces people to stay with sewerage in their homes, uncollected for more than three months? Who is championing the interests of black, poor communities in the boardrooms of the racist DA? Hon Lindiwe Mazibuko and Mnqansela, you must claim your own dignity by not rubberstamping the decisions that are against your own people in those lily white boardrooms. The ANC supports the Budget Vote. Thank you. [Applause.]