Speaker, on Tuesday the hon Gelderblom made a statement in this House attacking the Western Cape Provincial government and the DA on the basis of the supposed irregular expenditure of R22,8 million. What a pity that the hon member did not even bother to check the basic facts or to read the Auditor-General's, AG's, report before making his statement.
So, just to fill him in, the facts from the AG's document are that the R22,8 million irregular expenditure was incurred in November 2007, under the previous ANC administration ... [Interjections.] ... for the corrupt hip-hop media communications contract. [Laughter.] The irregularities were only uncovered by the DA administration through the revamped forensic investigation unit, at the DA administration's insistence. [Interjections.] It is therefore ...