Speaker, I am sure that we all agree that, in a democratic country, consultation and engagement are important. Only in countries where there are dictatorships would a government just pass a decree if it had an idea.
If we said we thought there needed to be an incentive with regard to the youth such as we talked about, and we said to Cosatu - that very strong and powerful trade union movement - that we didn't care what it said, and we just proceeded, then you certainly would have said that this is an autocracy. You would have said that government doesn't listen to the people's voices; it just moves.
We have been engaging Cosatu on this matter because it is important to do so. That is part of the elements of democracy. In a democracy, you do not move ahead just because you are convinced; you have to take your citizens along, no matter how you feel. This is what we have been doing and we have made a lot of progress with Cosatu on this matter.