Chair, hon Minister, the Department of Energy's first annual report as a stand-alone entity reveals a staff shortage of 48%. Senior managers are not able to accomplish critical functions, for example, conducting institutional oversight on the National Energy Regulator of South Africa, Nersa, the National Nuclear Regulator, NNR, and the SA Nuclear Energy Corporation, Necsa. I think the main problem here is the shortage of critical skills. Can the Minister explain to us why the department has been allowed to get to this point and what impact this critical vacancy rate will have on the effective implementation of South Africa's proposed nuclear expansion programme? Thank you.