Hon Deputy Speaker, in a reply to a DA parliamentary question yesterday, the Minister of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries, the hon Tina Joemat-Pettersson, unashamedly revealed that her department paid R4,1 million to Nosey Pieterse's the Black Association of the Wine and Spirits Industry. Nosey Pieterse was at the forefront of the Western Cape farm unrest.
In another reply yesterday, the Minister refused to reveal what was in the R10 million's worth of food parcels her department distributed during the unrest, or whether they were actually delivered to the respective parties. As more information on the devastating farm unrest in the Western Cape comes to light, it is evident that this unrest was politically motivated by the ANC and its union partners in an attempt to undermine the excellent work done by the DA-led provincial and local governments. [Interjections.]
How many scandals and how many millions of rand does it take for a Minister to be held accountable? The DA has approached the Public Protector and the Auditor-General to investigate the conduct of Minister Joemat-Pettersson and her department, adding another investigation to a long list of investigations. [Applause.]