Department of Transport’s R95.7 Billion Budget “hollow”

by HAaudibee | Jul 2, 2025 | Speeches, Speeches 2025

House Chairperson, The Department of Transport’s 2025/26 budget of R95.7 billion appears ambitious on paper, but beneath the surface lies a troubling pattern: bloated transfers, sluggish implementation, and a widening gap between policy intent and lived reality. A...

“Remember those in prison as if you were there yourself.”

by HAaudibee | Jul 1, 2025 | Speeches, Speeches 2025

House Chair, The ACDP is aware that this department is a receiver department and so, as crime increases and as the call from society increases for more people to be locked away, this department has to receive more prisoners, both awaiting-trial and convicted. This...

ACDP supports the Public Sector Pension and Related Payments Bill

by HAaudibee | Jun 24, 2025 | Speeches, Speeches 2025

Chairperson, The ACDP supports the Public Sector and Related Payments Bill. It is largely administrative in nature and  relates to public sector-related pensions, including military veterans’ pensions going way back — you can even see in the schedule that it...

The ACDP supports every constructive initiative to keep our children safe in schools

by HAaudibee | Jun 24, 2025 | Speeches, Speeches 2025

Honourable Speaker, The ACDP notes that a described a safe school as one filled with laughter, engaged classrooms and caring educators. But today’s reality is far more troubling. Learners face sexual abuse, predation by those entrusted to protect them, serious...

ACDP commends G7 for their support for the security of Israel

by HAaudibee | Jun 17, 2025 | Press Statements, Press Statements 2025

The ACDP disagrees with the position of the South African government that released media statements condemning Israeli attacks on Iranian nuclear sites. For decades, the Iranian regime has made it very clear for all the world to know that their ultimate goal is to...