Chair, the hon McInstosh raised issues and we indeed appreciate it. We have stakeholder forums so that they can tell us what is wrong, because we are not on the ground every minute. We appreciate it when Members of Parliament do the same. As you have said, we respond and try to correct the wrongs. As for the rubbish bin, we will talk to the office. They have petty cash; they can buy it.
I want to talk about what you have said concerning the Cubans and North Korea and that I must clarify my stand vis--vis North Korea and Cuba. I will not speak about North Korea, because I have never been there. I don't know what is going on there. I will speak about Cuba, because I know Cuba very well. In fact, I will invite you next time I go to Cuba, because when you come back from Cuba, you will not speak like that. [Applause.]
I know Cuba. Before I even went to Cuba, I was very inspired by the Cuban Revolution - Ch Guevara, Fidel Castro and many other people. [Interjections.] Just keep quiet, let me tell you. That was my inspiration. I went to Cuba in 1978, during the World Festival of Youth, as part of the ANC delegation then. I was very impressed by what I saw there. I fell in love with Cuba and I love Cuba. That is my declaration. I don't hide it.
Let me tell you why I love Cuba. Cuba has free education, from primary school to doctorates. [Applause.] In Cuba more than 60% of the population has a junior degree and we can learn a lot from them. [Applause.] Cuba has the best health system in the world and that is a fact. [Applause.] That is why I love it. There are no malnourished children in Cuba. There are none. You cannot even teach the doctors about malnutrition, because they don't see it. That is why I love Cuba.
When they have a policy that they want to implement in Cuba, they do thorough consultations at street committee level, on factory floors, in the schools and everywhere. By the time they implement any policy, you get into a taxi and the driver will tell you exactly what policy they are following on a particular issue. That is why I love Cuba. Their airports are not quiet. They have very active airports. They have a lot of tourists, because the world loves Cuba. They go there. It is not full of South Africans; it is full of people from the world who go there as tourists.
The coastline of Cuba is well guarded, and therefore, they don't have a big problem with drugs and immigration like we have here. We are making it happen, and that is why we are working with them. The Cuban system - communist or not - is people-centred, and that is what matters. [Applause.]
On that point, I would like to thank you. [Applause.]
Debate concluded.