Ja, maar ek praat solank en doen solank voorbrand, agb Ollis.
Daar is 'n baie belangrike saak wat ek net onder u aandag wil bring. So van die SAUK gepraat, die toerusting word oud. Daar moet gereeld gekyk word na opgradering. So ook is Sentech se toerusting besig om oud te raak. As ons in hierdie nuwe omgewing in wil beweeg, moet ons sorg dat daar op 'n gereelde basis na toerusting omgesien word, en dat Sentech en die SAUK se wiele nie afval soos wat die geval is met Eskom nie.
Die poskantoor het vandag soveel komplimente gekry. Ek wil net vir die hoof uitvoerende beampte vra - en jy weet nou al wat ek gaan vra - waar is Toekomsrus se poskantoor? [Gelag.] Ek was nou die dag met die verkiesing daar, en die poskantoor is nog nie gebou nie. Gaan hy gebou word?
So, geagte vriende, die hoof uitvoerende beampte van die poskantoor het my belowe Toekomsrus se poskantoor is een van die dae gebou daar waar die ou poskantoor afgebrand het.
Baie dankie aan al ons kollegas wat lekker saam gewerk het. Ons het hier en daar baklei met mekaar. Dankie ook, Natasha. Ek wil vir jou s jy is so vol moed, maar as jy so lank soos ek in hierdie portefeuljekomitee is, dan sal jy ook so 'n grys baard h soos ek! Baie dankie, geagte vriende. Dis vir my 'n voorreg om Lid van die Parlement te wees, en natuurlik, om 'n lid van die DA te wees. Baie dankie. (Translation of Afrikaans paragraphs follows.)
[Mr N J VAN DEN BERG: Yes, hon Ollis, but meanwhile I am talking and making the first approach.
There is a very important matter that I just want to bring to your attention. Talking about the SABC, the equipment is ageing. Upgrading should be given regular attention. Sentech's equipment is also getting old. If we want to move in this new direction, we will have to ensure that the equipment is regularly looked after and that Sentech and the SABC's wheels don't come off as is the case with Eskom.
The post office received so many compliments today. But I just want to ask the chief executive officer - and you already know what I'm going to ask - where is the Toekomsrus Post Office? [Laughter.] I was there the other day, during the elections, and the post office still hasn't been built. Is it going to be built?
So, hon friends, the chief executive officer of the post office has promised me that the Toekomsrus Post Office will be built one of these days, where the old post office burnt down.
I want to thank all our colleagues who have worked together so well. We quarrelled occasionally. Thank you too, Natasha. I can tell you that you are full of spirit, but when you have been in this portfolio committee for as long as I have, you will also have a grey beard just like me! Thank you, hon friends. It is a privilege for me to be a Member of Parliament and, of course, also a member of the DA. Thank you.]