Thank you, Speaker. Minister, after the investigation into the R500-million property deal, the Public Protector, Adv Thuli Madonsela, said Cele's conduct was improper, unlawful and amounted to maladministration. That is a stinging indictment of the Police Commissioner, not the Director-General of Public Works, who is patently now too compromised to continue in his position. This is a lease agreement that you and your colleague in Public Works had every opportunity to cancel. The Minister of Public Works, who initially raised the issue, was fired for his trouble. However, you and your brand new colleague then went on to honour the agreement.
Now, Minister, you have stood back and left the National Police Commissioner to take the heat on this. Is it because you are not in the least involved in these crucial issues going on in your Ministry? Surely, you should have given that the widest of berths, and please explain to this House why it is that you didn't give the National Police Commissioner an instruction to back off, or is he in fact running the show?