Speaker, about 52 demonstrations took place between 1 January 2009 and 30 August 2009. The number of demonstrations increased around July. There were about 29 demonstrations in July and 15 in August. Out of 283 municipalities, demonstrations took place in about 31 municipalities. The majority of these demonstrations took place in the metro of Cape Town - 11 of them. The main issues that were raised were acceleration in the development of housing, the eradication of corruption, nepotism and fraud, and the provision of basic services like water, sanitation and electricity, as well as the creation of jobs. The youth also raised the issue of skills. Another matter that was raised was the issue of the review of boundaries. People also requested that those who were arrested as a result of protests be released. Those were the demands that were raised.
You can see that these issues are issues that occur in all spheres of government. The majority of them relate to provincial and national government. These issues are not only with regard to municipalities.
Millions of rands were lost in state property where clinics, schools, council properties and councillors' houses were burned. Thank you very much, House Chairperson.