Jan Adriaan Esterhuizen

I have been a member of IFP since 1999, and have served as Member of the National Council, Provincial Secretary of Gauteng Province, Councilor of Ekurhuleni Metro (Mayoral Candidate for IFP). I am currently an IFP Member of Parliament.

My constituency is situated in Germiston, Gauteng, where there has been no real improvement as the state still follows a policy of self-enrichment rather than community upliftment. The challenge remains one of accountability and transparency by government, failing which their decisions will continue to only benefit themselves at the expense of the ordinary citizen.

Through the office I hold, I am able to further the interests and needs of the citizens and the state with competency, integrity and moral rectitude.

Our Parliament should stand by the principle and tradition of the 1995 Freedom Charter that articulates unequivocally ‘We the people’ as the context and grundnorm for all parliamentary business. Public opinion on legislation must be widely canvassed and taken note of. The Government exists to serve the will of the people not the other way around. Parliamentary leaders have a moral obligation to set the examples through peaceful dialogue and debate when dealing with any matter of contention. Sadly this not the case, with many leaders still setting poor examples by venting angry and destructive, sometimes racist rhetoric which only further damages social cohesion in South Africa.