Thank you, hon Chairperson. I'm going to respond to two statements. The first will be the Women's Fund; and the second one will be service delivery at a municipal level.
Hon member, through you, Chairperson, I wish to share with you that this government is highly committed to any initiatives that attempt to enhance women's development, be it political or economic, hence our support for the possibility of exploring the establishment of a women's fund. That is the first one.
The second one from the ...
Mr Chairman, I rise on a point of order again. We've had six ministerial responses already. The Minister of Correctional Services did three, Minister Erwin did two, and now the hon Deputy Minister has done one. So that is six responses, and I think that is it.
Well ... [Interjections.] Order! Order! Hon Ellis, they have been very economical with time. For instance, Minister Balfour gave four very brief responses in two minutes. So I'm not sure whether you would like to benefit from the responses. I would appeal for some flexibility. I think whilst the responses are available for members of your party that made the statements, that maybe you'd like to benefit from the responses.
Mr Chairman, in view of the fact that Minister Balfour only spoke for two minutes, it was a great relief. We'd rather hear some sense now, so let's continue.
Thank you for your understanding, Mr Ellis. We proceed, hon Deputy Minister for Provincial and Local Government.
Thank you, Chairperson.
The second statement deals with service delivery at a municipal level. We want to assure the hon member that we congratulate the Municipality of Msobomvu on the service delivery programmes that they have actually embarked upon. Also, in February the President addressed the nation and gave a commitment to the eradication of the bucket system by 2007, and those programmes taking place at municipal level are, in fact, in line with that programme and the commitment given by this government. We'd like to say "Congratulations on the service delivery". Thank you. [Applause.]