ID SPEECH - SPORTS AND RECREATION BUDGET VOTE
1 JULY 2009-Honourable Chairperson, Honourable Minister and Deputy-Minister, irrespective of race, culture, religious beliefs and language, all of us know that sport has the potential to unite and heal our nation.
JOE MCGLUWA
Honourable Chairperson, Honourable Minister and Deputy-Minister, irrespective of race, culture, religious beliefs and language, all of us know that sport has the potential to unite and heal our nation.
In his State of the Nation Address President Jacob Zuma said and I quote,
‘It is clear that that we need to invest on a large scale in sports development. We will speed up the revival of school sports and ensure that it forms part of the school curriculum. In addition, we will ensure that the provision of facilities in poorer communities receives priority.’
South Africa’s school sports structures, particularly at schools in our poor communities have collapsed.
Schools should be seen as the key to our national project of transformation.
School sports structures need to be made an urgent priority of this Department.
During the National Primary School Athletics Championship in March this year the North West under-11 and under-13 teams were Lilly white, which shows that the transformation we pay lip service to is still a long way off.
This is a disgrace for school sports after 15 years of Freedom and our Government must take responsibility for this.
More emphasis must be placed on transformation, development and the building of facilities in poorer communities and schools.
Therefore the budget for school sport must be increased.
School sports must be under one organization, with a proper administration.
Chairperson, I attended both of the final matches of the Confederations 2009 Soccer Cup tournament on Sunday 28 June.
My experience was synonymous with the experience of every other South African citizen present.
I used the park-and-ride system, passed the security controls and sat amongst the vuvuzela blowers.
My experience was mind-blowing and there is no way that South Africa will be offside or miss any goals in organizing the 2010 event.
Those who are complaining must go to Wimbledon, where you will wait for 7 hours.
Speaker, we in the Independent Democrats supports the budget.
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For media enquiries please call Steven Otter, ID National Media Officer, on 084 233 3811
Honourable Chairperson, Honourable Minister and Deputy-Minister, irrespective of race, culture, religious beliefs and language, all of us know that sport has the potential to unite and heal our nation.
In his State of the Nation Address President Jacob Zuma said and I quote,
‘It is clear that that we need to invest on a large scale in sports development. We will speed up the revival of school sports and ensure that it forms part of the school curriculum. In addition, we will ensure that the provision of facilities in poorer communities receives priority.’
South Africa’s school sports structures, particularly at schools in our poor communities have collapsed.
Schools should be seen as the key to our national project of transformation.
School sports structures need to be made an urgent priority of this Department.
During the National Primary School Athletics Championship in March this year the North West under-11 and under-13 teams were Lilly white, which shows that the transformation we pay lip service to is still a long way off.
This is a disgrace for school sports after 15 years of Freedom and our Government must take responsibility for this.
More emphasis must be placed on transformation, development and the building of facilities in poorer communities and schools.
Therefore the budget for school sport must be increased.
School sports must be under one organization, with a proper administration.
Chairperson, I attended both of the final matches of the Confederations 2009 Soccer Cup tournament on Sunday 28 June.
My experience was synonymous with the experience of every other South African citizen present.
I used the park-and-ride system, passed the security controls and sat amongst the vuvuzela blowers.
My experience was mind-blowing and there is no way that South Africa will be offside or miss any goals in organizing the 2010 event.
Those who are complaining must go to Wimbledon, where you will wait for 7 hours.
Speaker, we in the Independent Democrats supports the budget.
.
For media enquiries please call Steven Otter, ID National Media Officer, on 084 233 3811
