Thank you, Chairperson. Before I ask my question, of course, on this very subject let me say that every one of our visits ends up with a report drafted by this House, which should find its way to the Minister's office. That is just by the way.
The Minister says that strategies to grow the economy at the local level are in place. Can I just ask whether the Minister and his department actually interrogate the implementation of these strategies to find out if the money available - by means of intergovernmental transfers or whatever the case might be - is actually spent on growing the economy at the local level? I am asking this because our information, our own research, in my province has proved that a lot of the money spent - I am not talking about corruption, but I am talking about the actually money spent - finds its way into the hands of contractors and suppliers from outside the province, who then bring their own people into the province to do the work. In this way the structure is built or the service is rendered, yes, but the local economy is not stimulated and job creation does not take place at the local level, where the local population are, and where it should be taking place.