Hon Chief Justice Mogoeng Mogoeng, the Chairperson of the National Council of Provinces hon Amos Masondo, the Deputy Chairperson of the NCOP hon Sylvia Lucas, the Chief Whip hon Seiso Mohai, on behalf of Gauteng province, we congratulate, firstly, all members, the delegates to the NCOP who were sworn in today. We congratulate you. We congratulate all those who were sworn in today to take this important role in this House. We would like to congratulate the Chairperson, the Deputy Chairperson and the Chief Whip.
The NCOP is a very important House, particularly for provinces. We, from different provinces put our hopes on you. I want to say on behalf of the delegation from Gauteng province; one of the first things we would like the NCOP to look at is that Gauteng province in terms of population, the size of our legislature is not optimal. We have put this matter before the fifth NCOP and that matter was not concluded. We have the largest population in the country. The maximum size of our legislature is supposed to be 80. The fifth legislature did not complete this matter. On behalf of the people of our province, we want to say it should be the first amongst the first priorities of the sixth NCOP. Thank you very much. [Applause.]