Good morning, hon Chairperson, hon Minister Mr Malusi Gigaba, hon Deputy Minister Ms Fatima Chohan, hon chairperson of the portfolio committee Mr Mashile, hon members of the portfolio committee, the Director-General and staff of the Department of Home Affairs, distinguished guests, and ladies and gentlemen.
The ANC says that this efficient Department of Home Affairs is run by capable leaders, managers and staff. This part of the Budget goes to them, and we as the ANC are supporting the Budget Vote and proposing that it be agreed to. [Applause.] Ladies and gentlemen, I want to thank the proudly South African people for tasking the first public representative of our continent, hon President Zuma, with continuing to take South Africa forward. In the last 20 years we have witnessed tremendous, tangible changes in the lives of South Africans. Yes, it is true that our country South Africa has done so much within a short space of time.
This is evident in the provision of smart cards, and we are really proud of this. However, this is not simple and easy, because we see that multitudes of people want to live in our home, this beautiful country called South Africa, and they even go to the extent of doing undesirable things, like stealing some of our home brothers' and sisters' identities. It can't be.
The Department of Home Affairs, through its former Ministers, hon Nkosazana Dlamini-Zuma, who is now the Chairperson of the African Union and who laid a strong foundation, and hon Naledi Pandor, who succeeded her, said that they could not allow these unscrupulous tendencies of people's doing as they wished in our home, South Africa, to continue. [Interjections.] We can see ...