Madam Chair, I just want to respond to the matter raised by the hon Mataboge on the development at the University of the Free State. My friend, hon Ellis, I am now convinced that there is a problem about serving a fourth term in the opposition benches. [Laughter.]
We welcome this development of the election of the first black president of the Student Representative Council at that institution, and we also wish to congratulate the SA Student Organisation, Sasco, and Moses Masitha. We see this as a very positive development at such an institution, and hope that it will lay a better foundation for really creating a nonracial institution, especially in the wake of that ugly incident of racist and sexist abuse of black working-class women at that institution.
I just want to remind members that in our Budget Vote debate earlier this year, we indicated that we had written a letter to all chairs of councils of all universities to discuss the report that was commissioned by my predecessor, Minister Pandor, on racism, gender discrimination and other forms of discrimination at higher education institutions.
As part of receiving reports from the institutions, we are convening a higher education summit during the first quarter of next year, so that we make sure that we continue and deepen the struggle against all forms of discrimination at our higher education institutions. I also want to say to the hon Mataboge that I am very pleased that I will be visiting the University of the Free State on 3 September as an opportunity to further assess the progress and the situation at that institution. Siyabonga, Sihlalo. [Thank you, Chairperson.] [Applause.]