Hon Deputy Chair, hon Deputy Minister and hon members, distinguished guests in the gallery, allow me to add my voice to those people who wrote the Freedom Charter in 1955, which was adopted in 1959. They said the Freedom Charter says that the doors of education and learning shall be open to all.
We do, however, acknowledge that education is the only tool - the real tool - to eradicate poverty, to give our people back their dignity, so that they can understand who they are and where they come from. Without education we will get nowhere. This department plays a crucial role, and it is a good thing that the hon Minister in this department knows where he is coming from. He knows how the people have suffered in the past; he knows what it is to be educated. [Interjections.]