Chairperson ... [Interjections.] No, I will not take any questions. Currently our SAPS are to our citizenry what Germany was to Brazil in the Fifa Soccer World Cup. They are not beating us, they are burying us. As such, I am deeply grateful that we have a new Minister, and equally so that we have a new Chairperson. This new Minister has inherited a shambles, with R150 million in fruitless and wasteful expenditure just being the tip of the iceberg that is threatening to sink the whole ship.
As for the previous Minister, I trust he has more luck with ballet than he had with bullets - and that he quickly works out that a grand jet doesn't refer to another fun-filled, taxpayer-funded private airline trip. Thankfully, with a cut in budget from R73 billion down to R3 billion he'll have a lot less loose loot to squander.
Chair, I must commend this new Minister for allowing the questions I put to him to be answered in full; no sarcasm and complete disclosure made a welcome change. But I can't but wonder how it is we come to find him in this exalted position. I looked at his slim CV, and it took me a while to dig out some background information. He seems to have left school somewhere in Standard 9, and has no further education, yet he mysteriously ended up as the Director-General for Labour.
I do know he had a shot at being an Acting Municipal Manager until they found he did not have the relevant qualifications, but it all came together when I saw that he was appointed the Regional Commissioner of Correctional Services in KwaZulu-Natal, who then advocated for the parole of No 1's ... [Interjections.]