Hon Speaker, I will definitely not say that the hon Minister is deliberately misleading the House. The Minister has stated several criteria, including consulting with other departments, identifying poverty pockets, unemployment, etc as criteria for her to distribute food. The issue here is the timing of the distribution of the food parcels. It is not about whether the food parcels get distributed or not.
My question is: When did the Minister consult with all other departments and identify that this particular ward was a pocket of poverty in Tlokwe? The other thing is: When was the last meeting on service delivery held in Tlokwe, that all of a sudden there was a discovery that there are poor people in that particular area, just the day before the election?
UNGQONGQOSHE WEZOKUTHUTHUKISWA KOMPHAKATHI: Somlomo, ngiyaqala ukuzwa ukuthi isisu sicupha isikhathi [Ubuwelewele.][Uhleko.] [Ihlombe.] Ngiyaqala ngqa futhi angazi ukuthi ubani engiyophinde ngimuzwe ekhuluma ngokucupha isikhathi kwesisu noma ubumpofu. [Ubuwelewele.] (Translation of isiZulu paragraph follows.)
[The MINISTER OF SOCIAL DEVELOPMENT: Speaker, it is the first time I hear that a stomach has timing. [Interjections.] [Laughter.] [Applause.] It is the first time, really. I don't know who else am I going to hear talk of the stomach or poverty having timing. [Interjections.]]
I think that we are now adopting elite and liberal tendencies, because we behave like our kids. We open the refrigerator and look at it. When we find that there is everything there, we do not take anything to eat because everything is there. So, we think even the poor have everything.
You know about the helicopter programme. I always tell the people that we are not a helicopter. We go and stay in various areas for a period of six months. So, we are not a helicopter. Therefore, in Tlokwe and in the Western Cape, we are not going to be a helicopter. Thank you very much. [Applause.]
Details of National Education Collaboration Framework
244. Ms N Gina (ANC) asked the Minister of Basic Education:
(a) What are the details of the National Education Collaboration Framework that was launched on 16 July 2013 and (b) how will this benefit schools? NO2723E