Chair, arising from the Deputy President's response with regard to the indigent policy and the beneficiaries of that policy, last week the Governor of the Reserve Bank asked:
When millions of people depend on social grants for sustenance, and urban legend has it that teenagers fall pregnant so as to gain access to grants, are we not running the risk of these social grants becoming an end in themselves and thus nurturing a dependency syndrome, destroying the fabric of our society?
With regard to the indigent policy you referred to in your response, can you comment on the risk that the Governor of the Reserve Bank mentions in that statement? Thank you.