Deputy Speaker and hon members, we are engaged in an effort to pass this Bill because someone in the government of KwaZulu-Natal failed to do their work properly in 2005, when they failed to hold public hearings in that province. Failure to adhere to constitutional dictates is a grave matter.
In a country that respects the views of the people and the Constitution, that particular individual and even that government should have been shown the exit door. A lapse in detail has cost the taxpayer dearly.
The UCDP has never supported cross-boundary municipalities. We also maintain that provincial boundaries should not be treated as if they were cast in stone like those of the colonial era.
We take note that the irregularity has had to be regularised and therefore support the Cross-Boundary Municipalities Laws Repeal and Related Matters Amendment Bill, as we did with the principal Act in 2005. I thank you.