Chairperson, I just want to say to the ACDP that they must attend the meetings of the group. What they are talking about makes it very clear that they do not understand what they are talking about.
I want to tell Mr Green that this is a national pilot project. There is no way that we are not going to incur costs. It is a pilot project, and the City of Cape Town continues to discuss these matters in meetings.
There is an M3 body, which is a forum comprising the Minister, the MEC and the Mayor of the City of Cape Town. Those matters get discussed in that forum, and explained. The issues that are raised in the media are the issues that were dealt with by the Minister when he was here in this House, explaining exactly the concerns that the Mayor of Cape Town was raising in the media. We, the ANC, do support this Budget Vote. We understand that the Minister is committed to coming up with housing rental stock, which is for mixed use. The N2 Gateway will consider both the subsidy sector area and rental housing stock, so this is not a mistake. It is a national pilot project, and we assert the fact that the Minmec, when it met yesterday, said that the City of Cape Town should be moved out of this project, because they do not know what they are doing. In fact, they are creating more confusion than helping the process. We support this Budget Vote. [Applause.]
Vote agreed to.
Vote No 29 - Land Affairs - put.
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