Deputy Speaker, thank you, hon Sisa Njikelana. Hon member, you would remember that late last year we introduced the Regulations of Liquefied Petroleum Gas, which make it possible for us to reduce the price of gas, which is actually one of those energy carriers that is used predominantly by the rural people and the poorest of the poor as a clean energy source.
I want to indicate that already the calculations indicate that that reduction has brought back almost R500 million into the pockets of consumers. It is important to note that the reduction of gas was intended to create an uptake.
What we have done also is to make sure that with the metros we could engage on a programme of waste to energy. We look forward to making sure that within the year we would be able to introduce that particular programme where we are going to use waste to be able to generate energy. That is one of the interventions that we are going to use for poverty relief and, working together with environmental affairs and social development, we believe that it is also one of the programmes that can ensure that we get money into the hands of the poorest of the poor.
There is quite a number of interesting programmes within the Working for Energy Programme that we will be bringing to the portfolio committee in particular. Thank you very much.