Hon members, order. Hon members, listen to the ruling. The hon member has used the word. The hon member, Shabalala has responded and I ask members to exercise maximum discipline when we refer to one another in the House. [Interjections.] Continue, hon member!
... thank you House Chairperson, this budget does not present a credible plan to stabilise national debt. Indeed, it sees a further explosion in national debt of R1,5 trillion over the next three years, that will burden present and future generations of taxpayers with higher taxes to pay off that debt.
Over the next three years, just under 3 million children will be born in South Africa. They should be born into a country that offers opportunity, hope, and the promise of a fair society. Instead, they will be born with R500 000 in debts each to pay off on behalf of the state, before they have even taken their first breath.
So, this budget pinches from the poor, wrangles more from working families, and burdens new born babies. Taken