Speaker, the youth wage subsidy was announced by the President in the state of the nation address in 2010. Following that, National Treasury also included it in the Budget Vote. In order to give effect to that announcement, as is normal practice, this was then referred to Nedlac for processing to ensure that all the stakeholders - organised business, organised labour, community and government - agree on how this is going to be implemented, as various stakeholders had different views. That is the process I was referring to. The Nedlac processes are, in fact, making good progress.
As Cabinet, we have mandated our representatives in Nedlac to ensure that they speed up the process. I am still very confident that what I said to you in this august House on 15 August 2012 was correct, and still is, to date. The Ministers of Labour, Finance and Economic Development are seized with this matter to ensure that whatever the stumbling blocks or areas that still hold this process back are clarified within Nedlac itself. That is why all the stops will be pulled out as soon as we receive that report in Cabinet. Thank you.