Chairperson, hon Minister, I think it's unacceptable that you are not taking action against the NYDA, which should be a nonpartisan and nonpolitical agency that represents the interests of the youth. However, it is shocking that they used their R1,2 billion budget to openly support the ANC Youth League on their website and behaved in the manner which they did regarding the ANC Youth League's economic freedom march. They displayed their political allegiance publicly, hence tarnishing the image of the nonpartisan institution and openly acting as a public relations firm for the ANC Youth League. Would you, sir, reconsider immediate action in order to make sure that the officials and members of the NYDA know where to draw the line and that there is a code of conduct in relation to political activities? [Applause.]
The MINISTER IN THE PRESIDENCY - PERFORMANCE MONITORING AND EVALUATION, AS WELL AS ADMINISTRATION IN THE PRESIDENCY: In my response I have indicated that nobody went to the march representing the NYDA. However, what we have to acknowledge is that the NYDA is formed out of political activists from various political parties and various institutions and organisations in the country. The fact that a portion of them, which belongs to one political organisation of young people, participated in the march - or there might be more of them, anyway, who might have participated in the march, who are not necessarily representing the ANC Youth League - does not render them to have committed a gross misconduct in respect of their duties as people participating in the NYDA.
However, the issue of the relationship between the NYDA and youth formations of the country is an issue which we continue to deliberate on with the NYDA to see how those issues are managed beyond that. However, it should not be an issue which is necessarily linked to the march. It's a separate issue which needs to be dealt with by the NYDA itself.