Deputy Minister, the Gobodo report is a draft report, as we have explained in the public domain. We did, however, take the recommendations into account. We engaged with the chief executive officer of the Universal Service and Access Agency of SA, Usaasa, the chairperson of the board and the whole Usaasa board. We sought to secure an informal settlement of some of the issues, and that was unsuccessful.
So, we presented the full draft report to the board. They responded, basically rejecting the findings. Of course, they presented a point of view that several parties that were affected by the report were not actually consulted. We then took the Gobodo draft report, with the board's reply and gave them to the office of the Chief State Law Advisor. He perused it and suggested a process because he pointed out that he does not have the forensic capacity to pursue a further investigation.
We then took it further by engaging with the Usaasa board on 28 January 2014 and presented our view to them that we are going to have a further forensic investigation. They accepted that, and a process has begun. Certainly, once it has been finalised, and if there is a legal case for it, then legal action will be taken. We have no choice!
The board, in the first instance, will have to act and the Ministry will have to act appropriately. We will obviously deal with issues that affect board members. The board will deal with the management that is affected. That is what we can do within the law.
Of course, we would like this process to be completed expeditiously, but we also have to recognise people's legal rights. When we hurtle forward too fast, we find that we end up in court and the outcome takes much longer to secure. It is frustrating, but, of course, people have rights. We are, after all, parliamentarians and we have to abide by the law.