Chairperson, I cannot answer categorically yes or no. I am sure there is co-operation and I certainly hope so. The point that was raised by the hon member has been noted and I will refer it to my department and particularly the officials involved in this process.
I just want to add that you would have seen that the World Bank, during the course of this week, published an interesting report on infrastructure in Africa. It said that often the infrastructure is not bad, but when it hits border-crossing posts, time saved on building decent infrastructure is consumed in costly, problematic and poorly designed things. This certainly also applies to some of our cross-border areas.
Thank you for that suggestion; I will certainly follow it up.
Applications submitted to SA Bureau of Standards and processing of these applications
73. Mr K A Sinclair (Cope) asked the Minister of Trade and Industry:
How many (a) applications have been submitted to the SA Bureau of Standards, SABS, for approval in the 2008-09 financial year, (b) of these applications have been granted, (c) of these applications will be completed by the end of the 2008-09 financial year and (d) have been carried into the 2009-10 financial year for approval?