Madam Deputy Speaker, I would like to thank the hon Dambuza for the comments and the contributions she has made. Indeed, I'm very grateful that the portfolio committee added two houses to the total that we now count as 2,4 million houses we have built since 1994.
I'd like to respond to the issue that was raised by the hon member, I think from the IFP. Hon member, on a daily basis we are very concerned about the plight of our people. That's what keeps us up all night. This is what we do. This is our job. We are trying very hard to ensure that every single South African is in a house so that these disasters do not destabilize our societies.
However beyond that, what this government has done was to create within the Department of Provincial and Local Government a Disaster Management Fund so that when there is a disaster, we are able as government to respond very quickly. We hope that in time we will ensure that we do not have these disasters. But that is what we do and this is our concern on a daily basis. Thank you, Madam Deputy Speaker. [Applause.]