I'll also take him for Johnnie Walker, and I'll speak Bangladeshi to him.
A lot of this has been on a lighter note, but I really want to say that this process has been important and I want to say to the opposition that we have to be careful in the way that we treat this board. We cannot let the legitimacy of this board disappear; we cannot let the credibility of the board, whenever we disagree on this issue, be doubted. Let us loudly explain where we disagree on things, let everyone understand it, but let's try and get this board to fix this thing up, and let's try and get this board to operate properly. It is in everyone's interest that we do that.
There are some things in this Bill that are terrible, and I never thought the hon Dene Smuts would ever let this go through. There is a clause on conflict of interest in here which says that when you appoint a board member it doesn't matter whether he's got a conflict of interest, whether he's got business interests that are directly affected by the SABC, as long as they declare it. So, you can do billions and millions of rands' worth of business with the SABC, which is happening at the moment, by the way, as long as you declare that interest, it doesn't matter that you've got an interest in that institution, and we in Parliament actually passed that law to allow that. [Time expired.] Thank you for the entertainment. [Applause.]
Debate concluded.
Question put: That Mr C S Gina, Mr D K Golding, Ms P M Green, Mr P J Harris, Ms B J M Masekela, Mr M A Mello, Mr N C Motsepe, Dr B S Ngubane, Mr D C Niddrie, Ms C F O'Neil, Ms F L Sekha and Ms S C Vos be recommended for appointment as nonexecutive members to the South African Broadcasting Corporation Board.
Question agreed to (Democratic Alliance, Congress of the People, Freedom Front Plus, Minority Front and African Christian Democratic Party abstained).
Mr C S Gina, Mr D K Golding, Ms P M Green, Mr P J Harris, Ms B J M Masekela, Mr M A Mello, Mr N C Motsepe, Dr B S Ngubane, Mr D C Niddrie, Ms C F O'Neil, Ms F L Sekha and Ms S C Vos accordingly recommended for appointment as nonexecutive members to the South African Broadcasting Corporation Board.