House Chairperson, The 2025/26 budget for Higher Education and Training stands at R150.2 billion, reflecting a 4.8% nominal increase. This growth masks persistent structural challenges in the post-school education and training (PSET) system. The ACDP notes the...

House Chair, The ACDP would like to thank those hundreds of thousands of public servants who diligently, every day, perform their duties — whether it’s doctors, nurses, educators, policemen, prosecutors, social workers — across the whole spectrum. There are very many...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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.

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 bullying, drug use, food contamination, physical assault and sadly for some, the loss of life.

Deputy Speaker The ACDP welcomes the removal of the very contentious VAT hike which we opposed. However, this has sadly been replaced by a much maligned fuel levy hike which can, many have argued, have an even greater impact on South Africans, and should this be...

Chairperson, The ACDP would like to commend one of our country’s most respected governance scholars, Professor William Gumede, for his courage and love for truth and transparency. He exposed what many feared to do. He stated the fact that over R1 trillion has been...

Honourable House Chairperson, As we commemorate youth day, the ACDP is keenly aware of the growing shift of economies worldwide, moving to artificial intelligence, robotics, and automation and the effect this could have on our youth. As this shift accelerates, South...