Deputy Speaker, it is so amazing ...
... ukuba abantu beli lizwe balibala ngokukhawuleza okungaka. [... how the people of this country have such a short memory.]
It was not long ago that members were complaining about government institutions being guarded by private security companies. It was not long ago that members were complaining about the plight of the reservists in the police because they did not have any source of income and some of them were not even safe to work in the police. Now that we are trying to address this, people are coming with other issues because they have their own interest - what, we do not know. I am not going to talk on behalf of Cosatu here because I'm not a spokesperson for Cosatu.
Secondly, no SAPS members are guarding any institution of government. The only institutions of government that are being guarded by members of the SAPS are our forensic laboratories, Parliament and airports. You cannot let police stations be guarded by security guards. [Applause.]