Hon Chairperson, Deputy Minister Cronin has responded to the question of competition in South Africa. It's a pity that in South Africa people always speak from both sides of their mouth. People always question government intervention in the market, because they say that they want an open-market system, but if we enable the environment to make everybody a player, we're then expected to actually regulate prices. So, it's contradictory. We need to be very clear that South Africa is a developmental state. Therefore, it will intervene to regulate the market to make sure that there's fair play in the market, and we're doing that very well.
I also want to speak on issues of education. We need to be honest. The Department of Education received a 20% budget increase - above that of all other government departments. The National Student Financial Aid Scheme of South Africa, NSFAS, fund has been increased since last year. Therefore government is trying its level best to attend to the financial problems of students, hence we should appreciate that we cannot only look at one priority above others. Government's key priorities are social responsibility, education, social grants and skills development. Therefore, there are interventions in that regard, and the UCDP should appreciate that intervention.
Somebody spoke about the ANC Youth League as having nonchalants and panderers in it. The ANC Youth League is an organisation of integrity. [Interjections.] If you look at its ...
Order! Order, hon members!
Of course, it's only the ANC Youth League that could have produced Nelson Mandela. It's only the ANC Youth League that could have produced Oliver Tambo. [Interjections.] It is the same youth league that has produced the current leadership of the ANC. Are you suggesting today that Nelson Mandela is not a leader of credibility? [Interjections.]
Hon members, we can no longer hear the speaker. [Interjections.] If there could be order, please, so that the speaker can be heard.
Hon Chair, you see the problem is that they don't like the president of the ANC Youth League, and they go above principle and equate him with an organisation. [Interjections.]
Hon Deputy Minister, could you conclude? Your time has almost expired. You were interrupted. That's why I'm giving you a few seconds to wrap up.
May I speak on just one more issue, hon Chairperson?
Speak quickly.
I want to give the DA a task. [Interjections.] I want them to go and draw up statistics on a weekly basis of how many policemen, on duty, trying to do their work, are brutalised by criminals. When they have got that empirical evidence, we can speak about police brutality. [Applause.]