Hon Chair, maybe you need to order some medical attention. They clearly are getting chest pains from seeing accountability in action.
Hon member read your statement.
Hon Chair, the DA has established that every year, government spend close to R30 billion in public money to fund the millionaire lifestyles of nearly 28 000 managers in the public service. On average, each of almost 10 000 senior managers takes home R1,4 million per year with a highest level managers being paid just under R2 million per year.
This is in sharp contrast to the average annual salary of a R169 000 paid to a police officer, the average teacher salary of R273 000 and the average R302 000 paid to a nurse per year.
This vulgar expenditure on millionaire managers shows that the ANC is more interested in maintaining the luxury lifestyles of its cadres than in delivering the quality frontline services that South Africans deserve.
Many ANC cadres have been purposefully deployed to managerial positions to capture the state. The government must urgently right size the state by drastically reducing the number of managers in the public service.
If the government cut the number of managers in the public service by half, we could immediately hire an additional 175 000 police officers, 54 000 teachers or 49 000 nurses. Thank you. [Applause.]