Hon Chairperson, the NFP supports the budget. The crime rate in South Africa is alarmingly high. South Africans are being held hostage day in and day out. Murder, rape and hijacking are the order of the day. The NFP calls on the Minister of Police and the relevant department to employ people on merit, guide them, promote them on merit, train them and capacitate them to ensure that the people who occupy these positions do so on merit.
The NFP further states that the current situation is aggravated by the influx of foreigners; the lack of proper control at borders; corrupt police officers and also by the socioeconomic conditions under which our people live. The only way in which all people in South Africa could experience South Africa as a safe environment to live in is by supporting this budget. The NFP therefore supports this budget for a better and safer South Africa. I thank you. [Applause.]