Deputy Speaker, the issue of the municipality in Qunu will be investigated and the report will be made available as it is alleged that the situation is due to a maintenance-related question. We believe that when we submit the report we will reflect on what the municipality and the provincial government are doing as far as this issue is concerned. We are confident about that. We will provide a report that directly talks to the issues for what they are.
We want to state that questions of infrastructure maintenance are taken seriously, hence we have established a special-purpose government component called the Municipal Infrastructure Support Agency, Misa. Misa, since its establishment, has already deployed technical experts to municipalities to address questions related to infrastructure maintenance and roll-out. We believe that this question will be attended to.
The ANC-led government's performance on sanitation reflects that there is a record improvement in addressing the backlogs according to the 2011 census report. If you compare that to the previous census, we are left with a backlog of about just over 270 000 and we have met all municipalities and developed an accelerated programme. We need to attend to those areas that are still below Reconstruction and Development Programme standards in terms of access to sanitation. Thank you very much. [Applause.]