by HAaudibee | Dec 6, 2023 | Speeches, Speeches 2023
House Chair, This bill seeks to convert a R254 billion Eskom Debt Relief Package from an interest-free loan to one that will bear interest. The debt relief package had the effect of increasing government debt substantially and debt service costs, which already are...
by HAaudibee | Dec 5, 2023 | Speeches, Speeches 2023
House Chair, this is a very significant day. We as the ACDP opposed this bill in the previous Parliament and in this bill. Now, the main motivation was the financial strain caused by medical claims against the Department of Health. What I want to focus on — dating...
by HAaudibee | Dec 5, 2023 | Speeches, Speeches 2023
Thank you House Chair. The ACDP broadly supports the hate crimes element of this bill but we did express our concerns and despite welcome exemptions and improvements to the provisions relating to hate speech, we believe it will have a chilling effect on freedom of...
by HAaudibee | Dec 5, 2023 | Speeches, Speeches 2023
House Chair, It is undeniable that the Scorpions were a very effective crime fighting unit and had they not been disbanded, we would not have the levels of state capture and corruption that we have today, and the ACDP participated in the opposition to the disbanding...
by HAaudibee | Dec 5, 2023 | Speeches, Speeches 2023
Thank you, House Chair. The ACDP is deeply concerned about the institutional decline at the Human Rights Commission and this obviously impacts on its effective delivery of its constitutional mandate and has an impact on the effective protection, promotion and...
by HAaudibee | Dec 5, 2023 | Speeches, Speeches 2023
Honourable House Chairperson, the ACDP notes that the floods of February 2023 wreaked havoc in at least 7 of our 9 provinces, causing loss of lives and damage to property running into billions of rands, with a commensurate loss to the economy of South Africa. The 2023...
