Hon Minister, you've now effectively confirmed that your department would be open to establishing some kind of state-owned pharmaceutical company. But what I would want to understand is considering the fact that we have seen state-owned entities, SOEs, in South Africa being riddled by mass corruption, crippling debt, severe mismanagement, it is clear that this government has no capacity nor political will to run successful and profitable state-owned entities. That would end up just simply being a looting device.
Are you prepared, despite the overwhelming poor record of SOEs, to establish a state-owned pharmaceutical company? If so, why? And what are the plans in the pipeline?