Thank you, Speaker. President, I understand, and we all agree, that you appoint Ministers because it is your prerogative and the Constitution of the Republic of South Africa empowers you to do so. However, as you do that, would you want to use your prerogative to appoint these Ministers just to keep them in your Cabinet when they are adding no value to service delivery, which is the primary task of the government that you are leading?
If service delivery is the primary task, you would not appoint them just to keep them safe in their positions. Why would you keep a Minister under whose leadership collapsing municipalities have become a daily norm? The Ingquza Hill Local Municipality of the very same Minister, Minister Shiceka, in the Eastern Cape has not been able to hold a council meeting for two consecutive years. The council cannot do its business. It cannot focus on service delivery, and it cannot serve the people of that area because of the political infighting in that municipality. You are at the helm of the Cabinet and have the prerogative. Why would you keep such people? Thank you. [Applause.]