Order! Take your seat, hon member.
UNGQONGQOSHE WEZABASEBENZI: Mhlawumbe umhlonishwa uMpontshane nguye ongangiqondisisi. Kungenzeka ukuthi akakaze ayikhokhe leyo mali. Mina abami abazali bayikhokha.
Okwesibili, ngicela ukuphendula umhlonishwa u-Koornhof kanye nomhlonishwa ovela ku-Cope ngoba bebenesiphakamiso esifanayo. Umhlonishwa u-Koornhof kufanele azi ukuthi akubona abasebenzi abasuse lolu dwengu olulaphaya, kepha izinkampani zezimayini ngokwazo ngokuthi zizishaye indiva izinyunyana kepha ziqhubeke zikhulume namakomidi abasebenzi ... (Translation of isiZulu paragraphs follows.) [The MINISTER OF LABOUR: Maybe it is the hon Mpontshane who misunderstood. It might be that he had never paid that money. But my parents paid that money.
Secondly, I request to respond to hon Koornhof and the hon member from Cope because they made the same proposition. Hon Koornhof must know that it is not the workers who started this crisis that exists there, but it is the mining companies themselves - they ignored the labour unions and continued to negotiate with the committees that are representing workers.]
Those structures are not recognised in terms of the Labour Relations Act and the Basic Conditions of Employment Act.
They were then unable to implement what they had agreed with those committees of workers, because they cannot change the agreement that is on the table, except that the signatories on those agreements have to change.
Kumhlonishwa uKganare, sibe nomhlangano izolo nezinyunyana ezahlukene, bekukhona i-Cosatu, i-Nactu, i-NUM kanye ne-Amcu. Ngakho-ke uhulumeni akanandaba ukuthi izinyunyana zingumfelandawonye noma cha. (Translation of isiZulu paragraph follows.)
[To hon Kganare, we had a meeting with the different unions yesterday; there was Cosatu, Nactu, NUM and Amcu. Therefore, the government does not care whether the unions are in an alliance with it or not.]
We have to act in accordance with the laws of this country.
UMongameli ucele iPhini likaMongameli ukuthi lihole ithimba loNgqongqoshe ... [The President asked the Deputy President to lead a team of Ministers ...]
... that are relevant to the issues arising in the mining industry.
NguMongameli kuphela onelungelo lokubiza oNgqongqoshe abahlukene ukuthi kulungiswe okuthile. Ngeshwa umhlonishwa uKganare ngeke abe yingxenye yeqembu elibusayo. Ngiyabonga. [Ihlombe.] (Translation of isiZulu paragraph follows.)
[It's only the President who has the right to call different Ministers in order to iron out a certain issue. Unfortunately, hon Kganare can never be a part of the ruling party. Thank you. [Applause.]]