Hon Minister, now that I have these numbers, I just want to have clarity. Although the cities are paying that amount of money, is it coming out of their own budget, or is it indeed also being sponsored by the Treasury? Recently, the Local Organising Committee, LOC, delegation told our committee that the Treasury was giving the LOC some R205 million towards the hosting of the event. What we are trying to do is to get to the bottom-line figure as to what the cities themselves are paying for, without benefit, plus what they are receiving from government. This is so that we get a total package.
I have every reason to believe that Bafana Bafana will go beyond the group stages. However, our concern is that in the unlikely event that they don't, and there is an attendance shortfall, it could result in a loss. We would be concerned about that, especially as the total budget of our department is some R860 million, and this looks as if it could come close to R40 million. We just want the assurance that we will not exceed this figure.