Chairperson, in the case of Jacobsdal - just to give you an example, hon members - the pilot programme was launched, and we were able to go back 18 months later to assess the impact and progress made. When we went back to Jacobsdal, we found that one old lady, who had been down with TB and had been living in a shack that had no flooring - essentially inhaling dust all the time - had been put on monitored treatment by the Free State department of health. This ensured that she actually took her treatment.
While she was on monitored treatment, she was provided with an RDP house that came with potable water, a kitchen sink, a bath tub and a flushing toilet inside the house. The roof was fitted with rain gutters, and she was supplied by the department of agriculture with a water tank to harvest rainwater. They also provided her with a tunnel and seeds, and trained her to grow vegetables in her yard.
When we went back 18 months later, she was cured of TB and her garden was green and full of vegetables. She then actually addressed the public meeting as a motivational speaker and encouraged other women to join a similar programme.
So, to me, this is a case of how - with the correct identification of a potential change agent in a household - the conditions of these households can be improved. In this way, the members of such households can be pulled out of the clutches of poverty. Thank you.
Inroads made by Moral Regeneration Movement into social disintegration among the youth
11. Prince M M M Zulu (IFP) asked the Deputy President:
Whether the Moral Regeneration Movement has made any inroads into the growing levels of social disintegration among the youth; if not, why not; if so, (a) how and (b) what are the further relevant details?