Thank you, hon Chair. I imagine that the hon member is referring to Subprogramme 5.05. We are faced with a challenge in rural development. The challenge that hon members keep raising, as the hon Swathe and the hon De Lille have done now, is indeed a challenge. Now, we have had to reprioritise. I think that is really what I have been referring to. We have had to reprioritise, in order for us to be able to clear the desk.
The challenge is this: Once you have signed the settlement agreement, what will happen is, if you don't pay, the costs will escalate, because you will have to pay interest. A complicating factor is that some people have gone to court. The department has been taken to court. As we speak, there are cases that are before the court. There are two types of cases. In one the matter might be settled in court today and we might be called on to pay today - those cases amount to R377 million, as we speak. We don't have that money. The other type of case that is before the court are those where the court might say, you have agreed, settle. In other words, it is a performance issue - and these cases amount to R202 million.
Now, once the court takes a decision, we have to comply with that. We have had to position ourselves in order to be able to meet that challenge when it comes about. It is not something that we like, but it is something that we have to do, given the constraints that we are faced with right now. Thank you, hon Chair.