Deputy Chairperson, here is the declaration by the EFF on Public Enterprises, which is headed by Jamnadas and controlled by Rupert. Across the world state-owned entities are used to drive economic development, growth and job creation. In China state-owned companies are involved in every sector of the economy, employ millions of people, drive innovation and earn hundreds of billions in profit every year. In Europe, during the 20th century state-owned companies were used to rebuild countries and economies after years of war. But in this country instead of strengthening our state-owned enterprises, the Department of Public Enterprises headed by the constitutional delinquent Pravin Gordhan, are being collapsed. After he engaged in illegal activities at the SA Revenue Service, Sars, the errand boy of white monopoly capital has now been deployed to the Department of Public Enterprises to privatise them and put them in the hands of his masters. Instead of repairing the damage done at Eskom, he has only made it worse resulting in blackouts and allocation of billion of rands to the independent power producers, IPP, programmes that contribute very little to our
power supply. Who own the IPPs and who will benefit from the privatisation of our energy supply? It is white monopoly capital and their puppets.
Across our state-owned enterprises black executives are being purged by the constitutional delinquent, Jamnadas. This man should not be in office. The Public Protector ... [Interjections.]