Madam Deputy Speaker, I must say that to me there is an issue when you deal with demarcation, because that affects people's lives. The consciousness of the communities is supposed to be built so that they are able to contribute in terms of which area they want to fall under and for what reasons. Public representatives, parliamentarians, members of provincial legislatures and councillors must be mobilised because they have constituencies where they are able to assist in the building of consciousness.
I cannot stand here and say that everybody in South Africa is happy where these demarcations have been made and that the process went very well. I would be misleading this House if I said so. What I can say is that from our point of view, reasonable work has been done, and the wards have increased from 3 895 to 4 277 and have been handed over to the IEC. Today the IEC handed over the maps to the leaders of parties.
Therefore, we are on course, providing we can address a few areas. However, I don't think that the South African nation has managed to be on board in dealing with the issues of demarcation. I think it is an area that we must address, that we must ensure we improve on in years to come. Thank you very much, Madam Deputy Speaker.