Deputy Minister, today I would like to ask you, just like the more than 20 000 students at Walter Sisulu University asked: Where is the Minister? The students have been asking this question for almost eight weeks.
Mr Deputy Minister, the problem we have is that the unions on campus have been contributing to this problem - this protracted action - to the extent that students have been prevented from entering classrooms, and lecturers who actually wanted to go back to teaching were intimidated so that they couldn't do that.
The problem, however, Deputy Minister, is that while there is a catch-up plan, these are some of the most vulnerable students that we have in this country and that they now have to endure double work is unfair. I do understand that you apologised, but Deputy Minister, this whole time the Minister was quiet. I would like to ask: Where is the Minister? [Interjections.] [Time expired.]