Yebo, kusho mina. [Yes, I say so.]
For years she has approached this department, but the department has turned a blind eye. There are many other stories like hers in our many rural and township areas across the country. We demand an early childhood development programme that services the daily life experiences of our people. Early childhood development must be made part of mainstream schooling, and it must be standardised from the age of three years. Early childhood development must be part of the education system, and people must be paid properly and treated like the proper teachers they are. They are doing a good job. Only thereafter will there be a good story to tell. For now, there is no good story to tell. [Interjections.]