Hon Lees, our role, really, in Sanac is to preach and spread the word about the limited benefits of medical male circumcision. That can be done in a clinic or a hospital, and the equipment used is really out of our space, as it were.
In KwaZulu-Natal, yes, indeed, this Tara KLamp is being used. People have been trained and it is being used. So far, we have not received any complaints, as it were. It is not clear whether the people in Orange Farm who are reported to have experienced difficulties after using it were actually properly trained to do so, or not. It is also not clear whether these were operations conducted in a clinic and/or in a hospital. What we do know is that in KwaZulu-Natal it is working so far, and there have not been any complications. Thank you.
Reports on progress by municipalities in fight against poverty, as part of antipoverty campaign, municipalities' functioning indigent policies and programmes in place targeted at poor, and government plans to assist with regard to advancing fight against poverty, social marginalisation of poor, child-headed households and senior citizens
23. Ms N D Ntwanambi (ANC) asked the Deputy President:
(1) Whether, as part of his antipoverty campaign, he or the Presidency has received any reports regarding the progress made by municipalities in the fight against poverty; if not, what is the position in this regard; if so, what are the relevant details;
(2) whether all municipalities have functioning (a) policies and/or (b) indigent programmes in place that are targeted at the poor; if not, why not; if so, what are the relevant details;
(3) whether the government has any plans to assist poor municipalities in playing a critical role with regard to (a) advancing the fight against poverty, (b) the social marginalisation of the poor, (c) child-headed households and (d) senior citizens; if not, why not; if so, what plans?