Chairperson, let me start by thanking all members for making contributions here today. I will not respond to some of the issues, because, for instance, Part A and Part B of the National Child Protection Register always come up as a question. I decided, because I knew hon Waters would raise the issue of Part A and Part B of the register, that since I have the question, I would give it to him.
Secondly, before I get excited, I think we must also commend the heroic gesture of the two security guards who were at Lindelane when an old lady was shot. They did not return fire, in an attempt to save the older person. If they had returned fire, many older persons could have died.
Hon member Yolanda Botha, we agree with you on universalising the child support grant. We have done a cost analysis, and it will take a period of between 5 and 10 years to implement the process throughout the country. We will require sufficient fiscal space for this development. We have three deputy directors-general in the department. The new ones are Mr Netshipale for Integrated Development, Ms Connie Nxumalo for Welfare Services, as well as Mr Magasela for Social Policy. He is going to be a doctor very soon. [Applause.]
I would also like to touch on a few other issues. We get excited easily. South Africa is not the first country to implement social security. After World War II, big countries like Germany had social security to alleviate their problems.
There is the problem right now of an economic downturn. Countries like Greece, Spain and even America have intervened to resolve the problems in their respective countries. It is important for the rich to contribute to social solidarity, because if they don't, we are going to have more poor people. That can turn into a very nasty situation. People must think about that. Those that think they can take over power through those means are just playing a dirty game. We must know that even the old National Party provided for the poor whites. So, this is not a new thing. [Interjections.] People must not behave as if this is a new thing.
When the chairperson of the portfolio committee spoke about the progress that the SA Social Security Agency, Sassa, has made, I heard someone saying "corruption, corruption". Then I related this to something that is always said about black people. Before you do something, you are always judged as corrupt. That has been happening throughout. [Interjections.] You must search yourselves; you can howl at me right now, but go and do introspection.