Deputy Speaker, independent scientific research is always the best, and no government can address the needs of the people without that. However, the statistics maintained by the SAPS indicate that, since 2009 and 2010, crowd unrest incidents have increased from 718 in those years to well over 1000 incidents per year since then.
The mood of citizens has therefore changed from patience to dissatisfaction, as shown by posters carried by protesters displayed by the SA Broadcasting Corporation, SABC, and other media. It has become clear that South Africans have become impatient with the following: The ANC government's lip service to rooting out corruption in all spheres of government, but in particular in local municipalities; shoddy work done by service providers from road construction to housing construction; obscene salaries paid to municipal managers and officials who treat people with disdain; and jobs for pals and contracts for the politically connected. Thank you.