Deputy Speaker, we have visited the Eastern Cape several times and observed very worrying trends in that province. Firstly, the shift in the authority seems to be a shift towards unions in that province, taking all the administrative powers from the rightful administrators to unions. For instance, it is worrying to observe that the department or the officials in the province cannot do anything without the concurrence or agreement of the unions. That is a worrying trend indeed.
Secondly, there is a large proportion of political decay in that province, where major areas cannot be managed. For instance, the province has failed to meet its planned targets because it has not been able to achieve 65% of its planned target. That is a very worrying trend.
Thirdly, as regards compliance with laws and regulations, this is another worrying trend. We have observed that tenders have been given to suppliers who have no contracts at all. Others have received money and disappeared into a thin air.
Fourthly, we have observed that there is political timidity. Officials are very timid about taking decisive decisions. For instance, the unions refused that teachers undergo Curriculum and Assessment Policy Statement, Caps, training. Nobody could take any decision against those teachers and of course that is a worrying trend. In fact, we need a political decision in that province. There has been section 100 in that province, but nothing has improved so far, and until a political decision is reached, things won't improve in that province. Perhaps, as my colleagues had already said, we have to wait until the Mangaung Conference before any political decision which could improve the delivery of education to millions and millions of young ones in that province can be taken. I thank you, Chair.
Motion agreed to.
Report accordingly adopted.