[Inaudible.] ... at the moment the Minister should answer, so do not disturb her, hon Mkhaliphi. Hon Minister, could you continue? The MINISTER OF CO-OPERATIVE GOVERNANCE AND TRADITIONAL
AFFAIRS: Thank you, House Chair. I was saying that the questions that are being asked are questions that relate to government as a whole, not to the department. First of all, the department is working with the President in the committee that is looking at some of the issues around the payment of ... [Inaudible.] ... either by municipalities to Eskom or by departments that owe municipalities.
But the hon member knows that there is no law that gives me the power to force businesses to pay municipalities. If I had, I would have used it already. So it has to work with other departments to see what can be done. It's not for the department only.
Secondly, your hon member - as he is asking this question - knows that there is not one department like Cogta that can make provisions for people who have lost their jobs. We know that the government has announced a package. Some of the people must apply to UIF ... There is a whole package ... some through Social Development. So, Cogta cannot singlehandedly deal with those things. We deal with them through the other relevant departments. But, clearly, what we need to do as Cogta is to ensure that the government works through the district development model ... [Inaudible.] ... now as we deal with Covid- 19 so that we know and that work is done in every district, both in terms of service delivery and in terms of ... That's why, for instance, with Water Affairs we know what has happened in a district. Also ...