Chairperson, this is indeed my portfolio committee, and the hon chairperson there...
... uyakwazi ukuthetha. Ezi zinto ndiza kuzithetha apha ngoku, zezi zinto bendizithetha phaya ekomitini. [... is quite eloquent. The things I am going to talk about here now, are the ones I spoke about in the committee meeting.]
The EFF rejects this Budget Vote based on the following:
As die grootste verskaffer van energie, moet Eskom aan die Departement van Energie rapporteer. Die huidige begroting is nie vir die arm en werklose mense van Suid-Afrika nie. Dit is hoekom die EFF nie sulke begrotings kan ondersteun nie.
Groot maatskappye betaal 'n laer tarief as ons werklose mense in Suid- Afrika. Dit is 'n duidelike aanduiding van wat ons huidige ANC-regime van ons arm mense dink. Die land leun nog steeds te veel op steenkool vir energie. Ons moet meer doen omtrent groen-energie alternatiewe. (Translation of Afrikaans paragraphs follows.)
[As the largest provider of energy, Eskom should report to the Department of Energy. The current budget is not for the poor and unemployed people of South Africa. That is why the EFF cannot support such budgets.
Big companies pay a lower tariff than our unemployed people in South Africa. That is a clear indication of what our current ANC regime thinks of our poor people. The country still relies too heavily on coal for energy. We have to do more regarding green energy alternatives.]
Lastly, the department just does not have radical plans to address the energy problems that we currently have. To accept this budget would be a shame, an insult and a derailment of the mandate which the EFF voters gave us last year on 26 July 2013, and again on 7 May 2014.
Therefore the EFF will therefore not support this budget. You must wake up and come out of the glass houses that you are currently sitting in, and smell the coffee before the steam bursts into your faces. Thank you.