Mnr die Speaker, die regerende ANC-party wil die indruk skep dat hulle aan die voorpunt is van gelyke regte en geleenthede vir vroue. En dit mag so lyk, want as daar byvoorbeeld gekyk word na wat gister in die Indiese parlement gebeur het, waar parlementslede wetsontwerpe opgeskeur en mikrofone beskadig het, omdat hulle ? wet deur die parlement wil voer om te s dat ? derde van die parlementslede in Indi vroue moet wees, dan mag dit die indruk wek dat die ANC-regering aan die voorpunt van vroueregte is.
Die vraag kan egter gevra word: Wat is die werklikheid? As daar gekyk word na Suid-Afrika, moet die vraag gevra word of die ANC vroue as vroue sien en of daar ? kleuronderskeid gemaak word. Hoekom s ek dit? Ek s dit omdat ? mens kan kyk na die Direkteur-Generaal van Arbeid, die president van die Black Management Forum, wat s dat wit vroue uitgesluit moet word van regstellende aksie. Is dit gelyke geleenthede vir vroue?
Ek wil ? ander voorbeeld neem. (Translation of Afrikaans paragraphs follows.)
[Mr P J GROENEWALD: Mr Speaker, the ruling ANC party wants to create the impression that they are at the forefront of equal rights and opportunities for women. And it may look like that, because if, for instance, we take a look at what happened in the Indian parliament yesterday, where members of parliament tore up Bills and damaged microphones because a law was being passed according to which one third of Indian members of parliament would have to be female, this might create the impression that the ANC government is at the forefront of women's rights.
However, the question may be asked: What is the reality? Looking at South Africa, the question should be asked if the ANC sees women as women, or if a distinction is drawn on the basis of colour. Why do I say so? I say so because one can take a look at the Director-General of Labour, the president of the Black Management Forum, who says that white women should be excluded from affirmative action. Is that equal opportunity for women?
I want to take another example.]
I see the hon Minister of Police is here. Why, hon Minister, must a white policewoman fight for five years to get a promotion?
Daar is nie iemand anders wat die pos kan beklee nie. Sy het die bevoegdheid, maar sy moet hof toe gaan om bevorder te word. Die Arbeidshof het ? uitspraak gelewer dat dit wat toegepas word deur die regerende party op rassisme neerkom. (Translation of Afrikaans paragraph follows.)
[Nobody else can fill that post. She has the competence, but she must go to court in order to be promoted. The Labour Court has found that the governing party's implementation amounts to racism.]
That is what the court said: It is racism, because you don't want to promote this white woman. Hon Minister, I want to say to you that if it is true that you believe in the principles of equal rights for women and equal opportunities, you will intervene and ensure that the appeal to this ruling is stopped. Hoekom moet daar appl aangeteken word? As ons werklik s dat ons glo in gelyke geleenthede en gelyke geregtighede vir vroue, moet dit geld vir alle vroue. Die blanke vroue in hierdie land maak ? groot ekonomiese bydrae tot die opbou van hierdie land, tot voordeel van almal. U s in die Vryheidsmanifes: (Translation of Afrikaans paragraph follows.)
[Why should an appeal be lodged? If we really claim to believe in equal opportunities and equal rights for women, it should apply to all women. The white women in this country are making a big economic contribution to the development of this country, to the benefit of all. In the Freedom Charter you state:]
"South Africa belongs to all who live in it, black and white ..." Yes, it refers to the whites as well. [Interjections.] However, it seems that you want to stop with "black", and you don't want to include "white". Why? You as Members of Parliament and women should stand up for the right of this captain in the Police Service to be promoted. You should use your influence in the governing party to ensure that she gets her promotion, because she has earned it ... ... op meriete, in belang van Suid-Afrika. Ek dank u. [Applous.] [... on merit, in the interest of South Africa. I thank you. [Applause.]]