House Chair, the ACDP has taken note of this report of the Portfolio Committee on Correctional Services, as well as the negative audit outcomes, and trust this will be improved going forward. We are also fully aware of the severe overcrowding at many of the...
Disciplined fiscal management essential to improving economic growth and job creation
Honourable Speaker, the ACDP notes that while South Africa’s public finances are improving, discipled fiscal management is essential to achieve faster economic growth and meaningful job creation. While fiscal consolidation is beginning to show promise, with a rising...
Life and death are in the power of the tongue. Let’s choose to speak Life!
House Chairperson, In Proverbs 18:21 King Solomon writes: “Life and death are in the power of the tongue, and those who love it will eat its fruit.” For about 47 years, Ayatollah Khamenei and his supporters have chanted “Death to America” and “Death to Israel” and...
Iran is a nation “oppressed, suppressed and mutilated” by its own rulers
Chairperson, As we debate Human Rights Day today, I want to focus on a recent article written by Peter Fabricius for the Daily Maverick entitled: “Why the silence on Iran’s brutality, asks economist Iraj Abedian of SA.” Speaking to the Cape Town Press Club on Friday...
Let us look for ways to protect and uplift our women
Madam Deputy Speaker, the ACDP believes that we, as Christians and the Church, should be the biggest champions and the loudest cheerers and the most proactive supporters and protectors of women. The Bible and the Christian worldview provide the most compelling reasons...
The South African Constitution celebrates 30 years
Honourable Chairperson, This year, we mark 30 years since our Constitution was adopted. It has been hailed all over the world as one of the most liberal and forward-looking constitutions. We appreciate that fact that everyone is equal before the law, human rights must...
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