Order, order, hon members.
... and radically slash the size of civil service to get South Africa back on track to economic growth and job creation? [Applause.]
Hon House Chair, three responses to the hon Macpherson. The hon Macpherson is normally very positive in portfolio committee meetings. I do not know what has happened today for the grandstanding. It is so unusual and out of character, but anyway let us get to the substance.
The first part of it talks about investment. Today the gross domestic product, GDP, figures came out. They did indicate a contraction, a quarter to quarter contraction, but the hon Macpherson would be well- advised to tell this House that in fact investment levels went up. Investment