Chairperson, just as the hon Deputy Minister said that he has to repeat it again and again, I am also going to repeat it again and again. The challenges in financial services are caused by the delay in the implementation of the National Treasury's financial management improvement programme and the integrated financial management system without which the Department of Defence will not be able to achieve an unqualified financial statement.
That is a fact, Minister, and we agree on it. The problems raised by the Auditor-General were reported in the 2004-05, 2005-06 and 2006-07 annual reports, which means they are recurring. I can understand that the old system did not allow for proper reporting. Don't blame everything on the old finance system, you are not taking action on noncompliance in terms of the department's own internal procedure. The question is: No action is being taken against people who do not comply with the Public Finance Management Act, the PFMA. It is the job of the Minister and the Deputy Minister to ensure compliance internally.