Hon Deputy Speaker, the response to the question asked by the hon member Manganye is that as South Africa, we have fulfilled all our preconditions of the treaty, including the parliamentary ratification process in order to commence with the implementation of Phase 2 of the Lesotho Highlands Water Project. I would like to express our appreciation to this august House for having processed that ratification as quickly as we did.
The Lesotho government has also committed itself to the principles of developing the project for the benefit of the people of South Africa and Lesotho during a meeting between our President and the Right Honourable Prime Minister of the Kingdom of Lesotho. The Prime Minister requested time for the new Lesotho coalition government to study and understand the full implications of the agreement that was signed on 11 August 2011 with our Ministers.
The government of Lesotho has furthermore assured us that they would make every effort to conclude their study of the agreement as early as possible. At this stage there has been no formal communication from Lesotho following the meeting between our President and their Prime Minister where the request was made that any changes to the agreement signed on 11 of August be considered. In other words, we don't have any detailed request that has been made at the moment. Thank you very much.