Mr Speaker, in the Western Cape, DA leader and Premier Helen Zille tackled corruption head-on ... [Interjections.]
... and placed open and clean government at the very heart of her administration.
We saw the results, namely a full, clean sweep audit for the provincial government - a first nationally. In sharp contrast to this, the Zuma administration keeps pledging to root out corruption, but what happens in reality? The Special Investigating Unit identified 96 000 civil servants who stole welfare money from the poor.
Fifteen thousand civil servants were found guilty of fraud. Has the government dismissed them? No! Has the government discharged one of the 900 policemen convicted of fraud? No!
At the level of local government, the situation is the same. In the Kungwini Local Municipality, the ex-municipal manager, Joe Gomba, was found guilty of fraud and suspended. The KPMG forensic report recommended that he be charged. Guess what? Two years later, no charges have been laid. He is still on full pay and the municipality is bankrupt. The message of the collapsing ANC government is clear: Cadres, you may steal the people's money, nothing will happen to you.
The ANC's alliance partner, Cosatu, agrees, saying that in the past three years, the ANC has not lifted a finger to fight corruption in government. Corruption is getting out of control. A powerful, predatory elite is draining South Africa. The ANC ... [Time expired.] [Applause.]
Order, order hon members, order!
On a point of order, Speaker: I object to the hon member saying Gomba is still the municipal manager of Kungwini. It is my constituency; he is no longer a member of that municipality.
That's not a point of order; it might be a point of information.