Speaker and hon Deputy President, I think the problem of drugs is one that is threatening us as a nation from all sides. No less a voice than that of Mr Jackson Mthembu has made a heart-rending appeal to the people of our nation to stand up and fight in this battle because of what it is doing to his family personally. Therefore I would like to ask this question: What is the Presidency's plan to convince the nation that it is determined to uproot this scourge?
A senior Cabinet Minister's wife was recently convicted of drug trafficking. Has he declared the income from this trade? Ministers also have to declare what their families' income is, and the proceeds of drug trafficking are big. Has that been declared? [Interjections.]
What is the government doing to ensure that Cabinet, the core leadership of government, is clean in regard to this crime? [Time expired.][Applause.]