Deputy Speaker, government's programme is based on infrastructure development and if one of the key institutions, Eskom, doesn't have its house in order, and with all the infighting, it is basically holding the country to ransom. What do you say about our strategy of economic and social development?
It is important that we bear in mind the consequences of this type of conflict in institutions for delivery and for the workers. We don't want this behaviour to spread to other parastatals. South Africa is now getting a dismal record on parastatals. It is very important that our country does not lose outstanding personalities because of race. Furthermore, there should be no political meddling.
Eskom is in a critical period as regards tariff increases and some sound decisions have to be taken. We have demolished power stations and there were bad decisions and government can't keep on bailing out Eskom. The sooner things stabilise, the better it will be for our country. Thank you.