Thank you, Chairperson. It was just an omission; I should have said "soccer balls". [Laughter.]
The disparity that we see today, which was created by apartheid, has delayed us and handicapped progress in our country. I mention this, even though some people do not want us to blame it on apartheid. However, I would like to say to the hon Groenewald it is apartheid that spent R578 on a white child and only R46 on a black child. It is apartheid that made the structural form of facilities in white areas differ from those in black areas. Furthermore, black people of the disadvantaged communities could not use those better facilities, which were found only in white residential areas.
For instance, there is a stadium called the Gert Lubbe Stadium that I know in the North West. Gert Lubbe. It is a stadium that is owned by a school. [Interjections.] Now, the communities that surround that area cannot use that stadium. If members of the disadvantaged community want to use that stadium, they will be referred to the school, and the school will tell them: "Nee, meneer." ["No, sir."] It is an Afrikaans school. They will say this: "Nee, meneer, ons kan jou nie help nie. Jy moet eers met die voorsitter gaan praat, want hy is die een wat die toestemming gee."
["No, sir, we can't help you. You will first have to go and speak to the chairperson, because he is the one who gives permission."]
And if you want to ask about the whereabouts of the voorsitter [chairman], you will be told: "Hy is op sy plaas; hy is seker besig met sy beeste." ["He is on his farm; he's probably busy with his cattle."] [Laughter.] [Interjections.]
Hon Minister, there is nothing you can do about that. Thank you, hon Chairperson. The ANC supports this Budget Vote. [Time expired.]