Acting Speaker, Minister, I am not very sure that your investigations will serve much purpose. This is because three years ago, when this country was convulsed in service delivery protests, the President sent Ministers out all over the place, Parliament set up an ad hoc committee, which sent us all over the place. I went to the North West and the situation was dire, but since then it got worse.
If you look at the number of municipalities under administration - the SIU investigating corruption, non-submission of financial statements and all these indicators - things have gone downhill despite the investigations at the time. This is despite your turnaround strategy, which is delivering nothing in the North West. So my question would be whether, certainly in respect of the North West, your investigations are a waste of time. Your government's ability to address the matter suggests you are incompetent in doing so and that you do not have a solution to what is going on in that province. Thank you.