Chairperson, we must thank the hon member for raising issues that had been raised. Of course, what we are looking at is that the process of turning around local government cannot be a matter of an individual; it cannot be a matter of government alone. It is a societal matter.
Our slogan says "local government is everybody's business" and that is how we must live up to that. There is no magic wand that you offer to the collective. Our responsibility is to co-ordinate ideas. Our responsibility is to ensure that ideas are implemented and we are able to move forward. In that context, the issue of whether or not people who destroyed the infrastructure of local government, who burnt properties in municipalities, are going to be involved, is a matter that must be decided by the collective in terms of what has to be done.
From our side, we want to see good citizens, based on what we are developing, the governance values that we think we must be able to rally around as a country and all of us be able to use. In that respect, we hope that the matter will be taken up there and be discussed. We can't be, as we are here, saying that this is a route that must be taken but we want everyone to contribute in building these municipalities because they are very important in terms of service delivery. They are at the coalface of our people; they are the shock absorbers of our system of governance. Thank you very much, Chair.