Deputy Speaker, we would like to invite the hon Ramatlakane to continue being committed to a nonracial, nonsexist and united South Africa. [Interjections.] No where in the Employment Equity Act does it say that there shall be any ethnic group preference area. All people are going to have equal access to promotion everywhere.
To this end, I have established a joint task team made up of the Department of Correctional Services, Popcru, and the Public Servants Association, PSA. We asked them to submit their agreed positions by 15 March. They then asked me to postpone that submission to 15 June. That is where this matter stands currently. It doesn't require the hon Ramatlakane, or those six guys who went to court, moving away from the PSA's position which is dealing with this matter, and instead submitted the matter to court. That is not going to be rejected; it is a matter that is going to be agreed to by Popcru, PSA and everybody else concerned so that this matter is addressed. Therefore it is not a politicking matter. It is a serious, solid matter, and it is going to be addressed as such. Thank you. [Applause.]