As a country, we have a collective responsibility to remove the myth that our statistics are of a lower quality to those produced by competing institutions. In this respect, Statistics SA goes the extra mile to explain - transparently, for that matter - the objectives and methods underlying its statistics products. Hon Harris, as you have succinctly advocated on behalf of competing institutions, please have the guts to inform us as a committee, because we have been asking these institutions to provide the methods that they use to generate their statistics. Also, please have the guts to inform Statistics SA of such methods so that those competing institutions can be taken seriously. This is because without proving that their methods are recognisable or of a high standard, it is difficult for Statistics SA to take them seriously.
Hon Singh, I think maybe you were at a meeting of an alien hospice, because you referred to seven people, because all of us know that Statistics SA staff were all over.
In conclusion, as the ANC we are satisfied that this budget provision will go a long way in ensuring that Statistics SA remains an organ of people's power for complete people's emancipation, hence the beloved organisation, the ANC, supports Budget Vote 13. Ke a leboga. [Thank you.] [Applause.]