Thank you, Chairperson. Hon Sophia Williams- de Bruyn from the ANC, the issue of the protection of children is indeed not the police's responsibility alone, but that of all of us. In addressing this malady, the Department of Police re-established the Family Violence, Child Protection and Sexual Offences Unit in all nine provinces towards the end of 2010.
People with special skills, like psychologists, social workers, etc, have been recruited and employed by the department to attend to abused children. People with special investigation skills also form part of the recruits. We will make sure that these perpetrators, regardless of who those people are, will be arrested, and they will be convicted.