Mr Speaker and hon member, most of the causes of these demonstrations are well known. Intelligence structures are not really required to gather that information. For instance, in Orange Farm, with regard to the latest protest that happened a few days ago, a section of that community had been identified for the installation of a sewerage system. The work was then allocated to an engineering company, which installed the main pipes as well as the toilets and the systems, but without connecting the households to the main pipes.
This means that that community is still without a sewerage system. That community is well aware that other sections, which had been identified much later and the work allocated to different engineering companies, had their sewerage system installed and it was working. So, whereas they were first in the queue, they are still waiting for the connections to be completed. What really riles is that they know the company that did this shoddy work, and that, since then, it has been given a contract to do similar work in another section of the same community. It doesn't really need an intelligence agency to dig up the information. The community knows and it is willing to share that information with government. Thank you. [Applause.]
Proposed sanctions on Ministers failing to reply to questions
2. Mr M J Ellis (DA) asked the Deputy President:
Whether, with reference to his reply to oral Question 16 on 4 November 2009, he proposed any sanctions to Cabinet on Ministers who failed to reply to questions in the National Assembly in 2009?