Government must also come to the party. It must pay the teachers accordingly. It must create that resourced and enabling environment which dignifies the teaching and learning process, where teachers and learners can be motivated to do their work. There are huge and embarrassing infrastructural backlogs throughout the country, which the Minister has already alluded to.
Madam Chairperson, if you can indulge me, I want to remember a song that says: "I wanna go back to the time when music was music!" I want to go back to the time when education was education. I am referring to my own time, where I learnt through Bantu education, unfortunately. I can still remember the songs that we sang. I can still remember the tables, one times one and three times three. [Interjections.] I can still remember that. [Interjections.] [Laughter.]
Chairperson, I think that in this democratic country of ours we need to have learners that are able to remember the things that they have learnt. Thank you, Madam Chair. [Time expired.] [Applause.]