Economic hardship must never be a gateway to modern slavery

by HAaudibee | Sep 10, 2025 | Speeches, Speeches 2025

Speaker, Honourable Members, We are all concerned about human trafficking. We are concerned about our children that are being kidnapped and abused. And we have to send a strong message out there to the potential abusers that their time is running out. Their time is...

Eskom needs fiscal discipline, transparency, and operational reform

by HAaudibee | Jul 22, 2025 | Speeches, Speeches 2025

House Chairperson, The ACDP understands that this Amendment Bill seeks amend the Eskom Debt Relief Act, No 7 of  2023, so as to provide for the reduction of the amount for the requirements for Eskom, for the 2025/26 financial year, and to treat the entire amount for...

Safety is not a privilege, it is a Constitutional promise and must be restored

by HAaudibee | Jul 22, 2025 | Speeches, Speeches 2025

House Chairperson, The ACDP stands with the residents of the Northern areas of Nelson Mandela Bay, who face an escalating crisis of gang violence, marked by governance breakdown and criminal infiltration. Crime research reveals that state functions are increasingly...

Pension payout procedure for qualifying members must be fair and transparent

by HAaudibee | Jul 22, 2025 | Speeches, Speeches 2025

House Chairperson, The ACDP notes that during the 6th Parliament, the Speaker of the National Assembly, referred a memorandum of grievances to the Public Service and Administration PC, concerning former civil servants and parastatal employees specifically pensioners...

AFCFTA Protocol on Women and Youth in Trade offers protection and opportunities

by HAaudibee | Jul 22, 2025 | Speeches, Speeches 2025

House Chairperson, The ACDP believes that this AfCFTA Protocol on women and youth in trade, offers protections and opportunities. Simultaneously, bureaucratic inefficiencies, lack of trust in governments and logistical barriers must be overcome. A UN report on youth...

Sports offers a lifeline for many of our unemployed

by HAaudibee | Jul 15, 2025 | Speeches, Speeches 2025

House Chairperson, I firstly want to congratulate Banyana Banyana for beating convincingly beating Mali 4-0. And I want to concur with my colleague who said that Banyana Banyana has to be treated the same as Bafana Bafana are because if we compare the two, Banyana...