Hon Chairperson, when we talk about freedom of expression and the right to debate in a robust manner, and we see these attempts to constrain a person from speaking the truth, then we say: What is it all about? Is it about political expediency and opportunism? [Interjections.]
Hon Chairperson, sport is a huge problem in this country and we want to assure hon members that in the National Curriculum Statement physical education is part of the curriculum and there is dedicated time that has been timetabled. We also wish to say that we have responded to the call for sport to be played and therefore there is interschool sport that is being played. We have partnered with many private instances, including Adidas. Today we can say to you that we have something like 190 000 balls that we are going to distribute to our schools. We have more than R1 million in terms of football kits for interschool sport. That is going to become a reality, something that you might want to talk about next year, to say, "we acknowledge that we have received these footballs in our schools and we are going to be promoting football, rugby, netball and cricket in our schools progressively."
In conclusion - given the fact that I have 18 seconds - I would like to say ... [Interjections.] ... that it has been a great pleasure to work with this portfolio committee, with members of all political parties. I think education has shown that if we have a common interest we do tend to work together as a nation. Thank you to each and every member of the portfolio committee - we really appreciate it. To the director-general and his team and to my MEC, Mr Grant, thank you for your support. Long live the ANC!
HON MEMBERS: Long live! [Applause.]