Hon Chairperson, the national Budget is, of course, the vehicle we use in order to achieve political goals and at the forefront of this is a better life for all our citizens. We note the increase in allocations to all spheres of government and welcome the benefits this will bring to the poor and the marginalised. The demonic alliance, sorry, I mean the Democratic Alliance ... [Laughter.] ... likes to constantly boast about the good story in the Western Cape. Everyone knows that this is absolute hot air, without any substance, just like the claims made by the hon Ross and hon Steenhuisen, who deliberately lied on national television in order to score cheap political points. Their throats are an open grave. They use their tongues to deceive.