Mr Speaker and Mr Deputy President, I am glad you referred, this afternoon, to the efforts regarding job creation and economic growth in the country. Your reference to the Expanded Public Works Programme and your reference to the Community Works Programme, all of these things are welcome. All of us in this House, I believe, would like to see these jobs being created.
However, there is something that is very worrisome, and I believe, Mr Deputy President, you have a responsibility today to assure this House of this issue that I am raising now. There is a trend in the townships that people get employed only if they are card-carrying members of the ANC. [Interjections.] I would like to know whether this is ANC policy, because I don't believe it is. However, the community and the country need to be reassured that as we grow this economy, as we create those jobs that we all want to create, all the people of this country will have an equal opportunity to be employed in those jobs. Thank you. [Applause.]