Speaker, as I indicated, the War on Poverty Programme is not a stand-alone programme with its own stand-alone budget. Essentially what we do is to take government departments to poor communities and intervene to ensure that members of such communities who are South African citizens and who, for one reason or another, do not access services that are due to them, actually do access such services. We then ensure that the relevant department, either at provincial or national level, attends to such needs. It may range from a child who has no birth certificate to a young person who has dropped out of school due to peer pressure. So we attend to that whole range of problems. These are services that are available, and that are budgeted for in the various departments of government, at both the provincial and national levels.
So, it is not possible to quantify in monetary terms how much has been spent on this programme. Thank you.
Progress made in War on Poverty Campaign
4. Ms H F Matlanyane (ANC) asked the Deputy President:
What (a) progress has been made in the War on Poverty Campaign (i) in broad terms and (ii) to improve the conditions of the unemployed youth and (b) challenges remain? NO335E