Ja, nie kospakkies nie.
Agb Voorsitter en kollegas, dis die laaste maal dat ek hierdie Raad sal toespreek. My hartlike dank aan u vir 'n baie aangename vyf jaar. (Translation of Afrikaans paragraphs follows.)
[I think national Ministers and their provincial peers should join the National Council of Provinces on these visits in future. Clever speeches from the stage are just not good enough anymore. Ministers, just like us, must have firsthand information about what is happening in these poor areas and what the real needs are.