Thank you, Chairperson. The committee went to Germany to learn about how to prepare for the Fourth Industrial Revolution and since then has done nothing to prepare for its effect. The ANC speaks about the Fourth Industrial Revolution like it's coming down the road. While in reality we are half way down that road already.
For the edification of the members on the right and for the Deputy President in particular, the First Industrial Revolution changed our lives and economy from an agrarian and craft economy to one dominated by industry and machine manufacturing. Oil and electricity facilitated mass production in the Second Industrial Revolution. In