Thank you very much, hon member. I would hope that the achievement of peace and stability on the continent would exclude any more possibilities of us deploying our troops outside of our borders. As much as possible, we should really ensure that these conflict-ridden areas are stabilised. We will do everything in our power to ensure that the need for more deployments outside of the country is lessened.
I think the SANDF should be kept in the barracks here at home and only be deployed outside of the barracks with the permission of this Parliament, so that we do not militarise our society. I think even the deployment of the defence force here at home should really be confined to areas of extreme need. [Interjections.]
There are all kinds of skills in the defence force. We think that the Ministry of Rural Development can benefit a great deal from some of those skills in making the quality of life of rural communities much better. As you know, there are engineers who could build bridges where they did not exist before. The Minister of Defence agrees with us that the country could benefit more from employing the skills in the defence force here at home rather than keeping them deployed on foreign soil. I thank you. [Applause.]