Madam Speaker, I am sure the Deputy President would agree with me that part of the service delivery protests happen when promises that are made don't intersect with the actually or the money set aside for delivery is siphoned off.
Now, one of the key hot spots in South Africa over the last few months has been Alexandra Township, in Johannesburg. I can hear the hon members on the other side saying, well; it is a DA-run municipality and absolutely. I think, Deputy President, we need to look at the origin of this because money was set aside for the Alex renewal project - R160 million in 2001 - announced from the very podium where you are standing by President Mbeki.
Deputy President, the truth of the matter is that money has all been siphoned off. Money to spend on housing, sanitation and community development has all been stolen and as a result, those services have not been rolled out.
Given the fact that the Gauteng MEC of Housing refuses to co- operate with the Human Rights Commission looking into this, would you, Deputy President, announce to us what steps is your government taking to look into what happened to that funding, where were those funds siphoned off by ANC members and steps that you are going to take to ensure that these service delivery crisis that are there are dealt with properly? Thank you. [Applause.]