Weak, weak, weak indeed! [Laughter.] The youth employment accord has nothing to do with jobs for young people, as hon Manamela said. It has everything to do with keeping this party together. It is all about unity inside the ANC. It is all about keeping the warring factions happy and at peace; not about jobs for the youth. It is about politics over people and he said so in the debate on the state of the nation address.
Speaking a little bit later about his "bigger" alternative, he says they reject the youth wage subsidy but - in the face of a real, concrete policy proposal that is on the table and will create jobs now, which is the policy of my party: the youth wage subsidy - hon Manamela's alternative is: "We need to make education fashionable." [Interjections.] In the midst of 7 million unemployed youth in this country, hon Manamela's alternative to the youth wage subsidy is to make education "fashionable". [Interjections.] I say you should get real. I think the young people of South Africa should vote for the DA because next year we will implement the youth wage subsidy. You never will. [Time expired.] [Applause.]