Speaker, the Constitution of the Republic of South Africa, on page 7, the Bill of Rights, section 9, states that everyone is equal before the law and has the right to equal protection and benefit of the law.
If you look on page 10, section 23 at the section that deals with labour rights - which I drafted with hon Mbhazima when he was still a member of the ANC - you will find that it states that everyone has a right to fair labour practices. Every worker has a right to form and join a trade union.
Therefore, I agree with you that employers who treat those who come from other countries in the manner you have described, are wrong and are violating the Constitution. All that we can do with such employers is to throw the rule books at them. We prosecute them and there is nothing else that we can do. We have to do so because they are promoting xenophobic tendencies and that must not be allowed. [Applause.]