Chairperson, it is an honour to be afforded an opportunity to speak on a decision to advance the agenda of ensuring that today is better than yesterday, and tomorrow is a guaranteed dawn of a bright future whereby the future generations will be proud of this leadership by the hon Minister of Basic Education and the Ministry itself under the leadership of the ANC government.
It regards education as one of the vital elements of its progress in dealing with the legacy of unequal distribution of resources. This says to me that when the Western Cape talks about mud houses, or building schools to replace only seven mud houses, we must remember where we come from. In 17 years, we wouldn't have been able - if we didn't act decisively - to address the atrocities of 400 years of apartheid. [Interjections.]