Even when you are in the Opposition, give praise where it is due. We are doing the work. I would have expected that the member would at least have started by congratulating government that we are really doing our work. Siyasebenza. [We are working.] [Applause.]
At the time when we were finalising these targets with the President, we were using a lot of sources of information, including vacancies and research that had been done. The additional work that we have been doing enabled us to get more information about the number of artisans that had also been produced in other parts of the system. I must admit, though, that the challenge we have, which is my other agreement with the President, is that we don't have reliable data. That is part of the task I have been given. As you know, I have been tasked to create a credible skills planning mechanism in this country in order to be able to increase the number of artisans.
But don't take away our due, because we have done a lot. For instance, we have improved screening before trade tests - something that had not been done consistently across the system - at Indlela, previously called Olifantsfontein. We have put a lot of things in place to make sure that we increase the pass rate. This has been one of our biggest obstacles. The pass rate was too low because some of the people who come for testing were from fly-by-night artisan training initiatives. We are now beginning to actually stamp them out. We have put in a lot of work and we are also collecting further information in order to be able to ensure that we know exactly what we need. [Interjections.]