Hon Deputy Speaker, hon President, and people of South Africa you deserve better. You deserve servant leadership. When you voted on 8 May, you were hoping that own dreams will be finally realised. You were hoping that the much vaunted new dawn, would indeed bring aspirations in your lives, as articulated in the Freedom Charter. Instead, last Thursday, you were presented with a dream of an individual. This dream did not
represent a relief from lived experiences of sharing water with animals.
IsiXhosa:
Kucacile ukuba uMongameli unilibele bantu baseXolobeni, bantu baseseKhukhune, bantu baseMkhanyakude.
English:
All he dreams of now are what matters to the rich and affluent. High speed trains and smart cities, not even built by South African but built ngama China [Chinese]. Last Thursday, we hoped the President would account on the past 18 months he is been in the office, instead he pretended he was not second in command of the previous administration. The true state of the nation address that should have been tabled is as follows: The 3.2 % decline in Gross Domestic Product; GBP is the biggest quarterly contraction in 10 years; all major sectors reported a negative growth; despite having pro big business legislation; major companies like Naspers will be dual listing and unemployment rate including discouraged work seekers is sitting at 38 %. Businesses are shedding jobs as we speak, the government
continues to support big businesses whilst neglecting small, medium and micro-enterprises SMMEs, who have proven all over world to be job creators.
The role of government is not creating jobs but create enabling environment for businesses to thrive and create jobs. Mr President, exempting state-owned companies SOCs, state-owned enterprises from Public Finance Management Act, PFMA and as well as South Africa's Preferential Procurement Policy Framework Act, PPPFA will make them even make them more agile and competitive. Repealing PPPFA will make enable more entrants in both developments of the SMMEs.
Amending section 25 to enable expropriation without compensation, will unlock more land to be used for public good. Fifty seven murders a day and having a gender base violence rate that is four time high than the global average is not acceptable.
IsiXhosa:
Mongameli uthuleleni omama nabantwana besifa?
English:
Our crime rate is almost the same as war-torn countries like Afghanistan. The President, we as the ATM are saying you need to employ all police reservists to boost capacity as well as police visibility. We need more action, less plans and summits! In conclusion, a President that has zero tolerance for crime against himself (personally), guarded by snipers and machine guns but is willing to wait 10 years to halve violent crime against its own citizens, is a self-centred president who is not putting South Africa first.
IsiXhosa:
Mongameli uthuleleni abantu besifa?