Chair, and hon Deputy Minister, the Free State province wholeheartedly, unashamedly and unconditionally supports measures you have taken to address educational problems as experienced in the Eastern Cape. We cannot abrogate or shy away from our responsibility in ensuring that every child in any corner of our country gets quality education along with all the other children in South Africa. It was a necessary and a strategic move, which reminds us that South Africa is a unitary state. Intellectuals always say that theory and practice complement each other. We want to thank you for making our Constitution a living document. You have made the theoretical expression in our Constitution into reality.
I want to say to Mr Beyleveldt that in the statement that you have been given, as delivered by the Minister, there is nothing which says corruption. The ANC-led government does not need to be lectured by the opposition parties, because we can correct our mistakes. I think these are the measures that we have taken to correct ourselves. I thank you. [Applause.]