I am trying to. That was part of my input. Municipalities are in chaos and disruption. In my province, Mpumalanga, not a single municipality is functional any more. In the industrial hub of Emalahleni, especially in Witbank, all services have broken down totally, so much so that the DA councillors and party members have had to attend to refuse removal, whilst the bottled water industry is booming! [Interjections.] Now who is speaking? Madam Chair, why don't you protect me? [Laughter.]
The factionalism and infighting in South Africa have escalated to criminal antics and brutal political murder. In Mpumalanga, no less than nine assassinations and two unsuccessful attempts have been recorded since 1998, including the murder of the Speaker of Mbombela Municipality and the Deputy Mayor of Govan Mbeki Municipality. We must ask ourselves what living human treasures we have to boast about when we consider what is happening around us, and when the President of the governing party is ousted by one faction to favour the crowning of their own candidate. Barely two years down the line, there are again murmurs of discontent and removal from the same group.