Madam Speaker, firstly, I want to endorse the sentiments expressed by both the hon Nene, chairperson of our committee, and the hon Marais with regard to the various departments' ability to roll out the funds they have and the increased allocations being made to them. This has been a source of concern for the IFP for some time. Many departments get more money than they can spend. This does not leave us, especially Members of Parliament, with much confidence when we see headlines like this in the newspapers:
State hospitals in crisis. State hospitals in KwaZulu-Natal are on the verge of collapse ....
They even say people are dying and ... [Interjections.]