Thank you very much, Speaker. I forgive you. [Laughter.]
Thank you, Rev Mluleki George! [Laughter.]
Speaker, this government clearly does not want to operate in a transparent manner. The Congress of SA Trade Unions, Cosatu, says that South Africa under the ANC has become a predator state.
According to Prof Galbraith, the predator state is an economic system wherein entire sectors have been built up to feast on public systems built originally for public purposes.
This government has been pleading poverty, saying that the envelope is not only empty but that it is broken. On the other hand, it shows that it is flush with cash to indulge the General in whatever he wishes. That is how banana republics are run. I thank you. [Applause.]