With regard to the Moloto Rail Project, I want to say to the hon Mthimunye that the President made a commitment which we are honouring. We are also committed to making sure that we give consistent reports to the communities and we will always make it possible that we do that.
Remember that we've got a Political Oversight Committee, POC, a steering committee, as well as the technical committee that works together with the two municipalities of Nkangala as well as Dr J S Moroka. We are also making sure that the districts, including the three provinces of Gauteng, Limpopo and Mpumalanga and all the Ministers that the President has identified, to avoid the back and forth between provinces and the municipalities.
The Premier of the Mpumalanga and I have been given the responsibility by the ruling party to champion this particular project so that we may be able to start seeing work happening. Like I said, I'm going to launch the project office at Prasa to show that the work has started.
I also want to say that, because it's a dual and an integrated plan, we believe that the road issue must be addressed. That is why we said that Sanral, with their capacity, would be able to do the R573. Chairperson, that road, because it carries the same volumes of people as the N1, must also be expanded and be extended to carry the same volume of people. Even when the rail comes in, it doesn't mean that it would be used by everybody. So, the discussion around the road is central to this development.
I also want to say that we would also be appointing a panel to advise the Minister, the Deputy Minister and the MECs on transport matters, an intermodal transport expertise, or experts, researchers, including academics and other stakeholders that are going to be central to this platform. So, this is one way of making sure that when we speak about integrated planning, we don't just do it on paper, we do it in reality and that we also respond to evidence, like we just indicated, about the national household travel survey. All the things that we have said, hon members, we will take them and integrate some of your proposals, including the proposals from KwaZulu- Natal with regard to the e-tolls. We know that KwaZulu-Natal has 18 toll plazas. That is why the premier is raising concerns about the electronic payment system. He was saying that he was not against it; he was just saying: "Don't add another toll plaza in KwaZulu-Natal."
We will therefore look at all those things, and we will address them because we believe that, in working together, we will move South Africa forward. Thank you. [Applause.]
Debate concluded.