Hon Speaker, certainly the ANC and the government will defend the rights of the media. In fact, it would be the last to do so. We fought for it and we will always defend it. That does not make us succumb to what we believe is unfair reporting by the media. We will fight for the rights of the media equally as we will fight for the rights of every citizen of this country. Our position is very clear. Thank you, hon Speaker. [Applause.]
Incorporation of national Human Resource Development (HRD) Strategy into government departments and programmes
16. Mr M L Fransman (ANC) asked the President of the Republic:
(a) To what extent has the national human resource development (HRD) strategy been incorporated into the respective government departments and programmes that champion the five priority focus areas of the national development agenda (details furnished) and (b) what (i) measures have been put in place to monitor the implementation and integration of the national HRD strategy in the government, parastatals and the private sector and (ii) progress has been made in respect of human resource development in the past 16 years?