Thank you, Chairperson. I rise on behalf of Cope because it is important to support the Auditor-General. The problem is that he always reports on what went wrong in the past, and the value of that is that one hopes it will be rectified by the affected department or municipality. The sad news is that it is simply not happening.
The fact that departments and municipalities are very slow to pay outstanding fees to the Auditor-General shows the level of disrespect some have for this institution. Maybe it is time to follow the Austrian model, where these services are paid for by the national government, adding to that some more powers to make sure that the same mistakes do not occur every year. We support this report. [Applause.]