Thank you, Speaker. Minister, you know we are all quite sure that the roads to Nkandla are paved with good intentions! [Laughter.]
Our problem is, however, why those roads were prioritised when there are many other roads in South Africa and in KwaZulu-Natal that have not been upgraded. My colleague sitting here, for example, lives in Ventersdorp. The roads there are in a shocking condition, and we do not see the department rushing there to resurface those roads. There are roads all over KwaZulu- Natal, where children have to cross rivers because the bridge has not been built, but those roads are not prioritised.
Yet, the Minister stands here today and tells us he will not investigate what criteria KwaZulu-Natal used to prioritise the roads to the doorstep of the President's private home. Will the Minister tell us why he will not even investigate why those roads to Nkandla were built?