I am sorry the hon member has to get someone else to write his speeches.
... with facilities that enable students to participate and we must provide sports administrators, teachers and coaches to ensure that they have proper mentors. In KwaZulu-Natal alone, less than 5% of government schools have sports facilities of any kind. This is a shocking indictment on our government and we should be ashamed. Sport provides not only the opportunity to discover talent, but also a healthy lifestyle and discipline in the way we live our lives. It further encourages youngsters not to get involved in criminal activities brought on by ill discipline, no direction and boredom.
The reason previously disadvantaged sportsmen and women are not coming through into our representative teams as they should is because they haven't had many opportunities. We as Cope propose a joint venture between government and the private sector to provide fields, facilities, coaching and mentorship to bridge the gap between those who have opportunities and those who don't. The establishment of various sport academies and satellite centres of sport excellence in urban and rural areas will help unlock sport potential in this country.
Arsne Wenger, the famous Arsenal football coach, once stated that if a young person had not developed his or her technical skill by the age of 14, it would be highly unlikely that he or she would be successful at a professional club or on international level. This highlights our point of reaching our young people. We also believe that women in sport should be given more prominence and that greater equality should be attained amongst our young people. If children in Butterworth and Jozini had the same opportunities as others who are more fortunate, we would never again have calls for quotas in sport. [Interjections.]
Furthermore, we need a system of tracking and monitoring our best talent, I think the Minister referred to that. I recently discovered a young rugby player living in Grahamstown who is talented, but fell through the cracks. He is now with the Sharks Academy, but there are many others who are less fortunate. I believe he could be the next Breyton Paulse.
We support the Budget Vote, but we will aggressively pursue funds in the next fiscal year, much of which is currently allocated to World Cup infrastructure, for allocation to the development of infrastructure for sports facilities in our schools and clubs in order to create a winning nation.
The last time I was in Umlazi there was a bit of an uproar at the hostels. I have been there ... [Time expired.] [Applause.]