Speaker, the ANC's commitment to bringing services closer to the people is gradually bearing fruit. Thanks to a new renal unit people with kidney ailments who live in Bojanala in the North West will no longer have to travel out of the district or province to get dialysis treatment.
This is due to a new state-of-the-art renal unit at Job Shimankana Tabane Hospital in the Bojanala District. This unit will respond to the dire need for dialysis treatment in the district and ease the burden of the Klerksdorp/Tsepong Complex, which is currently the only state renal unit providing such a service in that province.
The ANC believes that this project is a step in the right direction. It will go a long way in enabling people of the greater Rustenburg area and Bojanala District to have highly specialised services an at economically acceptable standard, while helping them to have an improved quality of life. [Applause.]