House Chair, it gives me pleasure to attest to this House that some of the projected intentions of the Polokwane conference have been meaningfully executed. A case in point is the establishment of school sport, in terms of which two departments, namely the Department of Basic Education and the Department of Sport and Recreation and their respective Ministers, did indeed institute and approve the planning framework and further developed an action plan on 22 June 2011.
On 23 June 2011, the interdepartmental task team met to consolidate the document and agreed on the implementation plan. As we speak today, a plethora or multiplicity of aspects have been covered, which include, amongst other things, the school sports launch by the Minister of Sport and Recreation, Mr Fikile Mbalula, which took place on 5 November 2011 at the Soweto Campus of the University of Johannesburg. Included in the launch were exhibition games targeting 600 primary school learners in football, netball, rugby, athletics and volleyball, as well as a gymnaestrada display, including 1 400 key stakeholders and live volunteers. The ANC supports this move. I thank you, House Chair. [Applause.]