Ngibonga kakhulu, lungu elihloniphekile, ukungiphatha kwenu kahle kungasho ukuthi singahle siphinde sibuye. [Thank you very much, hon member. The welcome I have received indicates that we might come back again.]
The performance agreements and outcomes agreements include such activity, so there is nothing outside of this.
We realised when we came into this administration that if you left government without any proper monitoring, anything could happen. One could be in government for years, doing very little or nothing. In general, performance monitoring and evaluation is aimed at assisting government to function properly.
There are specific areas that we focus on, of course, and this would not be outside of them. For example, we have said payments must be made within 30 days - that is giving a very clear timeframe. Therefore, the system of monitoring performance is undoubtedly going to deal with that.
It is a question of how we enhance and improve it; how we make it more effective. If people are so used to doing things in their own time, it is going to take a bit of time. Certainly, those who are responsible will be taken to task, because they must pay. In fact, there is improvement. We have not yet succeeded in eliminating the problem completely, but there is an improvement.
I am satisfied with the approach that government has taken. No public servant today is just sitting and not working, because this system has been put in place to monitor each and every public servant. The system has become more prominent because it involves people outside of government, such as service providers, who have already been complaining. That is why we are focusing on it and looking at it very seriously.