Hon members, I want to tabulate or list the good that the police do, but it is not my duty, Mr Minister, it is your duty to do so. The hon Members of Parliament on this side have said a lot of things, which I am not going to repeat, but Agang is concerned about three. Hon Chair, just remind me when I'm left with five minutes. [Laughter.]
The tragedy in this world is not the bad people who do bad things, because they know exactly what they are doing, but it is the good ones who are, appallingly, silent when bad things happen. The knife in the hands of a butcher is a good weapon, or a safe weapon, but in the hands of a robber, or a tsotsi, it becomes a dangerous weapon. So is the firearm in the hands of a mentally demented police officer. All the police officers who are not doing their job in the context of the rule of law and integrity must be rooted out. Trigger-happy police officers must be removed from the service.
Agang condemns the killing that happens outside the rule of law and integrity. Apart from that, there are good things that you are doing, but it is our duty to highlight issues. It is not criticism, it is observation. We are highlighting them so that you could pay attention and rectify them. Thank you, Chairperson. [Applause.]