Deputy Speaker, I will respond to the hon Kekana by reminding hon members that we have made a commitment that children under the age of six will get free health care. We as the Department of Women, Youth, Children and People with Disabilities are honoured that we are beginning to see the fruits of the commitment that the Department of Health has made because we are now working towards a preventive health care system rather than an expensive curative one. We welcome it and we hope the child mortality rate will be lowered as communities begin to use primary health care services. This will also assist us to meet the millennium development goals.
The second part is in response to hon Ndlovu. The ministry is committed to ensuring that the teacher involved gets the necessary punishment, including the activation of section 35 of the Children's Act: This section makes it very clear that if you do commit offences, especially sexual offences against children, you need to be in the register of those who have offended to ensure that you will never again have access to jobs where you work with children. As a department we are committed to ensuring that all those who have committed crimes against children are never again allowed to work with children in this country. We will keep track of what happens to those teachers right up to the point where such teachers lose the professional certificate that this country has awarded them. [Applause.]