Chairperson, firstly, I want to congratulate Bafana Bafana on an outstanding performance last night. [Applause.] If it wasn't for the misfortune, Bafana Bafana would be playing in the finals on Sunday. We also want to congratulate the hon Minister on her new duties. She has been out of the country and now she is back home. But we also want to comment on press reports and the commentaries that the department has been in a mess, but is now beginning to turn around. In this respect, we want to compliment the hon Minister.
The Department of Home Affairs is indeed a very important department. People travel very long distances to get to this department and stand in long queues. We appeal to the hon Minister to make sure that people are attended to expeditiously. The hon President has said in a television interview that if the offices close at 4 o'clock, it doesn't mean that people must be turned away.
The MF would like to strongly propose that our immigration officials be given special training in human relationships because there are concerns over attitudes at the Oliver Tambo Airport. May I suggest to the hon Minister that when people arrive in this country, the staff at the immigration office must reflect the broad-based section of the province's population.
I further suggest that the question of not recognising our travel documents in the United Kingdom be attended to. I have read that it is affecting tourism to the United Kingdom and, of course, we don't want to discuss the reasons why the United Kingdom has taken this particular decision. We are very mindful of the measures that the President has taken about efficiency, etc.
May I also make an appeal that whenever a person is given a job in the Department of Home Affairs, the best should be selected because we have to vote with our IDs. We also have to process our grants using our IDs. The MF will support the vote. [Time expired.] [Applause.]