Speaker and hon members, I can assure this House that corruption, in whatever form it manifests itself, has to be eliminated. Processes must have the requisite checks and balances to prevent it. In our fight against the pandemic of HIV and Aids we are making sure that we use methods that can be embraced by all and that can be checked by all. The same must apply to corruption and, particularly where we have mega projects, we should always make sure that any deviation can be tracked and identified early enough. There is no point in having mechanisms that review the whole project when the damage has already been done. We are learning, and we believe that that is the best way to deal with these matters. Thank you.
Position regarding filling of funded vacant posts
14. Mr Z C Ntuli (ANC) asked the Deputy President:
Whether departments are complying with the President's announcement in his state of the nation address that all funded vacant posts would be filled, if not, what (a) are the challenges in this regard and (b) what is the way forward?