No, hon Chair. [Laughter.] For many children, physical, sexual and substance abuse has become extremely frequent within the home and educational environments. It is therefore also necessary that each school must have a social worker who can identify and deal with these problems.
Hon Chair, let me just say this, and I want to say it in Afrikaans.
Voorsitter, ek wil aan die agb lede in hierdie Huis vandag s dat die toekoms van ons land nie l in mense wat leuens vertel nie, maar in kinders wat opgevoed word. Die toekoms van ons land, as ons armoede wil uitwis, l in die opvoeding en ontwikkeling van kinders sodat ons kinders mre regte leiers kan wees. Daar is niks en niemand wat jou geletterdheid en jou geleerdheid van jou kan steel nie. Niks en niemand kan jou verhoed om vorentoe te gaan as jy geletterdheid het nie. Al wat ek aan die lede van die Huis wil s, is ... (Translation of Afrikaans paragraph follows.)
[Chairperson, today I would like to tell the hon members in this House that the future of our country does not lie in people who tell lies, but in children being educated. The future of our country, if we want to eradicate poverty, depends on the education and development of children so that our children can be true leaders tomorrow. Nothing and no one can take away your literacy and your education. Nothing and no one can prevent you from moving forward once you are literate. All I want to say to the members of this House is ...]
... please learn to listen. It is important to educate and develop our children. [Time expired.]