South Africa risks exporting raw potential and importing missed opportunity

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

House Chairperson, The ACDP notes that this Department had an adjusted budget of R8.9 billion for the 2024/25 financial year, spending R8.8 billion by the end of Q4, or 99.4% of their total budget. What is unacceptable is that the non-financial performance information...

Stats SA is underfunded but what is being done about it?

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

House Chair, Making tough decisions in an uncertain and fast-changing world requires a steadfast commitment to statistics and evidence-based reasoning. By grounding decisions in empirical data and sound statistical analysis, leaders can navigate that ambiguity and...

Special Housing Needs Programme a critical area of concern

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

Chairperson, The 2025/26 Human Settlements budget is tabled against the backdrop of persistent housing backlogs, deepening spatial inequality, and mounting pressure on urban infrastructure. While the Department has made some strides in delivery, particularly through...

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...