Deputy Speaker, we thank the Minister for her answer. It is a known fact that it is not the Minister's function to build schools; it is the function of Public Works. However, because there is a lack of capacity within Public Works, the Minister's department has to build its own schools.
Now 50 schools have been built through the programme of Asidi, which is the implementing agency of the Development Bank of Southern Africa, DBSA. Of those 50 schools, three contracts went to emerging contractors.
The reason that they were only given three was because of the type of contract that was used, in terms of which these schools were batched. This was to the detriment of the emerging sector.
The hon Minister would be aware that in terms of the Construction Industry Development Board, CIDB, grading, there are about 22 000 emerging contractors in the Eastern Cape. The question then is: Are you prepared to scrap the batching system whereby you combine the projects, which is detrimental to the small, medium and micro enterprises, SMMEs, and which does not create jobs? The question is: Are you prepared to disband the dangerous schools? [Time expired.]