My dear Minister, there have been some very bizarre anomalies with regard to the allocation of VIP security. In fact, its budget seems to have become something of a cadre slush fund - I think we could call it. For example, VIP protection was provided for ANC Youth League president Julius Malema, who is not a Member of Parliament. He is not a member of a provincial legislature, he is not a member of the executive, and he is not a visiting head of state. He is an ordinary citizen, and he had R3,6 million a year spent on his security.
Now, bearing in mind that 47 of us are murdered each day, how did this ordinary citizen crack the nod for this massive expenditure when the rest of us have to pay for our own security? What threat did Malema face? The only possible answer is that the death threats in the country at that stage were being issued by the ANC Youth League. Now, Minister, does this not constitute an irretrievable blurring of the line between party and state? We have to ask how you allowed it and why he didn't pay for himself. [Time expired.]