Madam Deputy Speaker, the first thing is that we have taken a decision as a department that any person who is about to be charged cannot be allowed to resign. It means one must face the consequences of one's actions. Secondly, we have taken a decision that when there are allegations against one, one must not be paid a golden handshake. We have stopped that in many municipalities.
Therefore, what we are raising is that those two practices have been eliminated. The person who is leading Operation Clean Audit in the Eastern Cape will check the facts. We will be able to look at that and begin to deal with it.
However, on the matter of cadre deployment, that is done by all parties, including your party, hon Doman. I have the minutes of when people campaigned for your elections and you said you wanted to compensate them; you wanted to pay them by deploying them here in this municipality. Now, because they were campaigners - we are going to give you the information if you want it - we are saying it is not correct when you argue that cadre deployment is done by only one party.
I think we must agree that all of us, as parties - who are governing and who might have the potential to govern - don't accept the issue of cadre deployment. However, cadre deployment in a way is a concept and there is nothing wrong with it, as long as you deploy capable people and on merit.
We must discuss and agree upon governance principles, and they must be followed by everyone, irrespective of party, when one governs a particular institution of the state. Thank you. [Applause.]