Chairperson, the report before the House is accurate. The information it reflects is not entirely so. Inaccuracy number one is that the portfolio committee was informed in Polokwane on 5 July 2012 that the delivery of textbooks in Limpopo was 99% complete. What the committee was not told is that this indicated delivery to warehouses, not to schools. [Interjections.] It is alarming to note that on 25 July the committee was assured that the delivery to schools was 100% complete, yet yesterday two schools in Limpopo announced that they were now approaching the North Gauteng High Court for relief, having not received any textbooks. [Interjections.] Inaccuracy number two is that the administrator in Limpopo spoke of the remedial programme for Grade 10 learners who have been affected by the lack of textbooks and emphasised the department's commitment to quality basic education. The DA has been and is adamant that no remedial plan or catch-up plan - call it what you like - in effect exists. It was announced yesterday that the lack of a catch-up plan or remedial plan will now be tested in the North Gauteng High Court. We await the judgment.
It is truly a source of great sadness to me that I should rise to declare the misleading of Parliament and, in effect, of Limpopo learners by the Department of Basic Education and the Limpopo provincial department of basic education. [Applause.]