Chairperson, as I said in my first speech in Parliament, Budget Vote No 24 is a comedy of errors. The Department of Communications is wasting money. Nearly R100 million is wasted on policy development. They change the policies about six times a week. The department is supposed to give direction in the communications world and to the government on how to communicate with the people of South Africa. It cannot fulfil that basic requirement. It is also wasting nearly R100 million on consultants and cannot even manage to assist the beleaguered