Hon Deputy Speaker, with regard to the SA Airways' turnaround strategy, firstly, we would like to inform the House that there are elements of the strategy which cannot be disclosed here precisely because they constitute commercially sensitive information which would be detrimental to the interests of the airline if they were to be made public, and thus fall into the hands of the competitors of the airline. [Interjections.]
Secondly, the plan is currently being embedded into the shareholder compact of the SA Airways by the department, together with the corporate plan for 2013-14. However, the interesting part is that the people who are complaining the most about SA Airways do not fly with SA Airways. [Interjections.] They do not understand the public mandate that they are talking about because they do not use SA Airways. They do not have confidence in SA Airways. In actual fact, if you were to place SA Airways in their hands ... [Interjections.]
Order, hon members, please, order!
... they would long have disposed of it, destroyed jobs and disposed of critical capabilities that are owned by the state via SA Airways. [Interjections.]
Finally, the people of South Africa have faith in SA Airways. [Interjections.] That is why they expect us to undertake the measures that we are undertaking in order to turn the airline around. Hence, they have supported us in the measures that we have taken to protect 11 000 jobs and to ensure that this airline continues to bring the world into Africa and take Africa out to the world. Thank you. [Applause.]