The HOUSE CHAIRPERSON (Mr M B Skosana) (IFP): Speaker, in the past week the Global Slavery Index, compiled by the Walk Free Foundation, told one of the most tragic tales, a tale of how almost 30 million people live in desperation under slave conditions around the world, slave labour being the order of the day. Sadly, our own country and other African countries, including some of our trading partners in Brics, have not escaped the radar exposing these appalling images of gross inhumanity.