Thank you, Mr Speaker. Hon President, you said the following in April this year, and I'm going to quote them back to you. You said: There will be no hesitation if these things that are being said are true; absolutely no hesitation. There are enough reasons for action to be taken. Here there is going to be action and we are not going to take long even to investigate because these are too serious allegations against the Minister.
Some of those things that were being said are true. Now we know they were true, because Minister Shiceka "admitted" - I want to emphasise that word - that he spent R28 000 putting up a Mr Mntambo, who he described as a father figure, and Mr Mntambo's wife at the One and Only Hotel, which is one of the most expensive hotels in the country.
Mr President, in view of the fact that there is undisputed evidence of wasteful expenditure and, in view of your promises to act quickly, how do you account for five months going by without any action on your part? When you answer, sir, I do not believe the people of this country, and particularly people in failed municipalities, will accept hiding behind the processes of the Public Protector.