Deputy Speaker, I want to thank the Minister for his detailed response. As you know, the country has many social ills. I just want to highlight a few of them and some of the reasons contributing towards the state of a currently very unfit and unhealthy nation.
Minister, we have shebeens that are situated in the middle of townships which makes it easy for youngsters to access drinks and partake in drugs, and that also goes for the towns. We have sportsmen taking performance- enhancing supplements - which is an industry that is unregulated - and this is something we have spoken about which is extremely dangerous for our health.
We have various reports of our people being obese and unfit. I would like to quote from a recent survey by GlaxoSmithKline:
Last year 61% of all respondents were found to be morbidly obese.
In another study by the University of the Western Cape, it was found that 25% of learners surveyed were obese and 80% do not participate in sport. When we have underspending on mass participation, it clearly will impact negatively on service delivery. Then finally, doping in schools ...