Chairperson, we know that various organisations and departments are rallying to support a move to draft a law that will be aimed at ensuring that Internet service providers filter all content on the web so that people across the country, particularly children, cannot access pornography on their cellphones or computers. The Department of Education, the Department of Communications, Childline South Africa, the cyber crime unit and the Independent Communications Authority of South Africa are all among the stakeholders. What role will your department play in this regard and how do you see your Ministry actually working within the situation to bring about this law? Thank you.
The MINISTER OF WOMEN, YOUTH, CHILDREN AND PEOPLE WITH DISABILITIES: Hon Chairperson, I would like to thank the hon member for the question. I think the interventions that we need to make include raising awareness within our communities around this particular issue so that we all play a role in ensuring that children are protected from pornography. Government will continue doing what it has to do in terms of whatever legislative or policy framework interventions that would need to be looked at in that regard.
At the moment, in addition to what has been done by the SABC board and other stakeholders, we need to ensure that we create an environment that is conducive for our children. So, it is an effort that we all need to make to ensure that children are protected from easy access to pornographic material. Even with the cellphones which are so easily accessible to children, parents need to ensure that they too play a role to monitor and ensure that children do not go beyond what is expected of them in their usage of cellphones, and so on. Thank you, Chair.