Thank you very much, hon Ngonyama. Well, indeed, I would say that, as government, we are on course, given the number of instruments that have been enacted in legislation to fight crime and corruption. The points that I have enumerated point at an endeavour to strengthen the efficacy of our systems to ensure that no room is left for corrupt activities.
But, of course, all of that is meaningless if it doesn't happen in practice. It has to be seen happening. And, as government, we are committed to doing that.
With regard to your point about political appointees, I really don't know what that means because, in many instances, there are processes of selection, interviews, and so on. However, at the end, it is the political authority that then assents to the recommendations of structures that would have performed the preliminary work of interviewing candidates, and so on. I think the process would be the same in this case. In this country we have appointed heads of Chapter 9 institutions, among others, and they function very well independently.
Unless you argue that political appointments are tantamount to a lack of experience or skill, and so on. That's a horse of a different colour altogether. But, I think in the normal course of doing appointments, yes, indeed, the political authority has to sign off on such appointments. However, there are processes that produce the shortlist or something like that. [Applause.]