Mr Speaker and Mr President, gross fixed capital formation, which is a measure of infrastructure investment, fell from 30% of gross domestic product, GDP, in 1982 to 18% in 1994, where it stayed till now. We therefore welcome this government's planned expansion in infrastructure investment as recent events indicate that there is a particular need to invest in rural logistical infrastructure to make our agricultural enterprises more competitive and therefore better able to produce jobs and higher incomes for workers.
So, why is it, Mr President, that instead of investing in rural areas, everywhere millions of rand are wasted on the indulgent and luxurious quarters fit for the emperor without clothes, which is you, sir, to sit in the pseudo monarchic seat of Nkandla? [Applause.]