Honourable House Chairperson, In welcoming this report, focusing on mine health and safety, the ACDP notes that South Africa’s mining sector employs nearly 500 000 people, and yes, concerns over worker safety persist. While fatalities have dramatically declined since...

The ACDP is shocked by reports that many government departments have employed foreign nationals in strategic and sensitive positions that could pose a serious public security risk. The South African National Security Secretariat has raised concerns about hiring...

Honourable House Chairperson, The ACDP celebrates all workers who have given their blood, sweat and tears in the building of our country.  South Africa over the last two to three decades, has experienced a significant decline in industrialisation. Manufacturing’s...

House Chairperson, On 7 February 2025, President Donald Trump signed an Executive Order suspending all USAID to South Africa, citing concerns over this country’s land expropriation laws, which the US administration alleges discriminates against Afrikaners. The ACDP...

Honourable House Chairperson, The ACDP is appalled to hear of the negligent attitude toward the most vulnerable children in our nation, the blind and deaf, at the Setotolwane Secondary School, in Polokwane, Limpopo. Helen Keller, who was born deaf and blind said, “the...

Honourable House Chairperson, As we debate International Mother Language Day, the ACDP condemns in the strongest terms, the brutal beheading of 70 Christians, by Allied Democratic Forces (ADF), linked to the Islamic State (IS), in Mayba, Lubero in the DRC. To add...

House Chairperson, Honourable President, Honourable Members, At the top of a list of priorities mentioned by President Ramaphosa during his SONA speech last week, was economic growth. Unemployment in this country is way too high. For almost 30 years now, we have seen...

Speaker, The ACDP would also like to extend its deepest condolences to the families of the 14 brave soldiers who died in the DRC. Our prayers are also with all those who were wounded - may they speedily recover. We said the same words in July last year during the...

Chairperson, the ACDP believes that it is the primary duty of the state to protect its citizens from crime and violence, yet it is failing dismally in this regard. According to former police minister Cele, 223,632 murders were committed in a decade in South Africa...