The hon member was saying that there are reports about South Africa that state that we have destroyed our environment. When people dream and put their dreams on paper, you just listen to them. That is not true. South Africa does have laws. We have the National Environmental Management Act of 1998, the National Environmental Management: Air Quality Act of 2004, and all the other support systems that I cannot mention over others.
In South Africa, through our environmental laws, we balance the conservation of the economy with development. We need to grow our economy and that is why we have environmental impact assessment regulations and other laws, so that we are able to manage our environment as we grow our economy.
We look after our environment and that is the reason you see millions of people descending on South Africa. You can check our tourism statistics and you will see that. If we had destroyed our environment, then the people would not still be coming.
They have destroyed their environment, their air is polluted and there is nothing there, hence they are deciding to come to us. So please, we don't follow rumours that are put on paper. Our environment is well taken care of, although we do struggle sometimes. We are very strict on that. Thank you very much.