I want to say that a developmental state, therefore, is integrated - as in not fragmented - co-operative in terms of the three spheres of government, all seeking after the same outcomes and the same objectives. I think that despite herself, maybe hon member Dreyer has probably made the most eloquent case for why you need a single Public Service. All the points that she brought on the constituency, valid as they all are, say that you can't have a vision at a national level, a will at a provincial and incapacity at a local level. [Applause.]
What hon Dreyer does ... [Interjections.] ... She truly says ...
Baie myle l tussen doen en s. Die myle sal groter word, indien ons nie die vermo het om een staatsdiens te kan bewerkstellig nie. [Actions speak louder than words. This disjunction between words and action will increase, if we do not have the capacity to bring about a single Public Service.]
And that is the reason I think hon Dreyer has made a case that no one in the ANC has made more eloquently. [Applause.]
I want to end by saying that the 15-year review shows that the problem and the challenges in South Africa are not about policies; they are not even challenges about resources or about intentions and motives. All those things are there. The challenges lie in our seamless ability to implement - our planning capacity. That is the reason a planning commission has been established.
The challenges are about monitoring and evaluation. And that is the reason measurement indicators and all of those things come into play. The challenges are about the constant upgrading of skills and the human capacity of the state.
I'd want to go further and say that today's examples differ quite significantly to those of 10 years ago. Ten years ago you'd have spoken about too few of these and too little of that. We would have spoken in quantitative terms.
I think the debate has shifted, as we are all debating the question of how do we improve the quality of the many services that are out there? There are more health facilities than ever before; more schools than ever before. The challenge we face is how to improve the quality of what happens in the health facility and in the schools. [Applause.] If we understand that perspective, then we will use the scalpel, rather than a blunt instrument, to identify who is undermining the state; who is corrupting the state; and who is laggard with regard to implementation?
Those require a scalpel to excise, not a blunt instrument to tarnish the entire Public Service with. I think, hon Minister and Chairperson, that the ANC also wants to say that in supporting Budget Votes No 8, 9 and 10, we should also pass a vote of confidence on all of the many thousands of public servants: teachers, doctors, nurses, administrators everyone, who go about their work every day, on time, honestly and diligently. Thank you very much. [Applause.]