Speaker, I would like to thank the Minister for her comprehensive response. My follow-up question is very simple. We have seen, consistently, when there are by-elections or elections, your department goes to a particular area where there is an election, and you start distributing food parcels. [Interjections.]
Now, my question is very simple: Is it the policy of the ANC or your policy, as a department, that poor people, poor Africans, must only eat once every five years when there is an election or when there is a by- election? [Interjections.]
UNGQONGQOSHE WEZOKUTHUTHUKISWA KOMPHAKATHI: Somlomo, ukunika abantu ukudla asikwenzi ngoba kunokhetho lukamasipala. Sinohlu olulandelwayo ukuhambela zonke izindawo, ngemuva kwalokho siba nohlelo esizolulandela. Kusiphatha kabuhlungu ukuthi abantu bethu bathathwe sengathi abanayo ingqondo, bacabanga ngezisu. Siyathanda ukuthi wonke umuntu angacabangi kanjalo ngoba noma ngabe amaphasela okudla akhona noma ngabe awekho, abantu bavotela umuntu abamthandayo. Ngiyabonga. (Translation of isiZulu paragraph follows.)
[The MINISTER OF SOCIAL DEVELOPMENT: Speaker, we do not distribute food parcels only when there are by-elections. We have a list that we use to visit all areas then follow our normal procedure. We are sad to hear that you think we undermine the intelligence of our own people and we can only buy their vote by feeding them. No one must think like that because the electorate always votes for a party of their choice regardless of the supply of food parcels. Thank you.]