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Chairperson, South Africa ranks amongst some of the top countries in relation to safety on aviation. I think that regardless of our political differences, there are things that we must appreciate about our country because what happens is that we have a very good regulatory mechanism, including the audit which was done, and it was not done yesterday. What happened yesterday was an effect of what was done a few days before. And it was not done to save Members of Parliament from this side of the House; it is to save everybody, including the member who raised the question.
It is important that we do so to keep that clean record in terms of safety on aviation in South Africa. It is important to note that all the airlines, and not just
the obsession about South African Airways, were affected. In fact, when that was detected, it was not detected on South African Airways; it was detected from another airline. But we had to make sure that all the airlines comply with the audit of the authority which was done. So, we must be proud of the work that we continue to do in keeping South Africa safe. [Applause.]
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