House Chairperson, hon Dhlamini's question is about whether or not we have a budget and a policy for upgrading hostels at mines. The answer is, fortunately, no. The hostels on mine properties are the domain of the mining houses and various other corporations. Nevertheless, those corporations have a duty to upgrade those hostels in line with government policy that says we must do away with single-sex hostels, which are associated with degrading human conditions.
Let me give further information. From our side as government, we do have a policy as well as a budget for those hostels owned by government, in this case the various municipalities. I would like to invite hon Dhlamini to come with us to visit Dube hostel - Umntwana [Prince] knows that hostel very well - which is near my home. There he will experience the first phase of the improvement of that hostel, part of the process that will see the upgrading of all hostels that need it. We will be travelling with the President of the Republic to visit the hostel at Dube, so that you can see how the policy as well as the budget is being implemented regarding our own hostels. But, regarding those of mining companies the answer is no. [Applause.]