Thank you very much, hon member. Indeed, the recommendation from Cabinet itself is that Transport should seriously look at that as a responsibility that it should assume, of course with due regard to collaboration with the Department of Basic Education, particularly with regard to safety measures. It is a transitional arrangement and I see provinces seem to be progressing in that direction.
As you no doubt understand, it falls within the ambit and responsibility of a province and we cannot prescribe to a province what is the most appropriate or suitable course of events. However, the indications and the recommendation from the national government itself are that it could be best assumed by the Department of Transport, provided mechanisms are put in place.
You cannot merely hand over a responsibility and function to a department if does not have the public transport available, or if it it does not have the inspection facilities and the capacity to be able to carry it out. So, these are being negotiated by the provinces internally, amongst themselves. Thank you very much.
Location of schools in provinces receiving services with view to eradicating mud schools, budget allocation for delivery of such services and job creation resulting therefrom
57. Mr M J R de Villiers (DA) asked the Minister of Basic Education:
With regard to her department's plans to (a) eradicate 395 mud schools, (b) provide 1 370 schools with water supply, (c) provide 536 schools with sanitation and (d) supply 1 434 schools with electricity, (i) in which provinces are these schools where these services will be delivered, (ii) what is the budget allocation for each delivery of these services and (iii) how many jobs will be created in each province in the 2011-12 financial year in each case?