The MINISTER OF AGRICULTURE, FORESTRY AND FISHERIES: Hon Chairperson of the NCOP, Chairperson of the Select Committee on Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries, malibongwe to you as well, Members of the NCOP, members of the executive councils, especially of the Western Cape, distinguished guests, ladies and gentlemen, director-general, my senior officials in the department and the Ministry, we have assembled here today in this House to give an account to the citizenry of what we have done and to ask for your approval, through your and their elected representatives, for what we intend to do in this forthcoming financial year.