Deputy Speaker, I am not exactly sure what the hon member wants. It is a known fact that we have one of the highest TB incidence rates. I have said many times that out of the 22 high-burden countries that carry 80% of TB of the world, in terms of infection per population, yes, South Africa is ranked at number one. There is no question about that. We disclosed those results long ago. What we are saying is that there is definitely an improvement; for instance, the cure rate for TB used to be 60%, and is now at 71%.
The World Health Organisation says we must reach 85%, and we are moving towards that figure. There has never been any denial that we have a high incidence of TB. That is why, if you look at the National Strategic Plan for HIV and Aids, we said because TB is also driven by HIV/Aids it must treated as two sides of the same coin under one roof. The new National Strategic Plan shows that. On 24 March, the Deputy President of this country will choose World TB Day to launch the implementation of that strategy. So we are definitely making strides. I told you about this GeneXpert Technology. It is one of the technologies we are using to combat TB. As a result, we now know the diagnosis within two hours and not only days later. We are no longer only picking up between 4% and 9% of the people infected with TB; we are actually picking up 17% using this technology. We acknowledge that the incidence is very high, but we are making progress, and good progress at that. I thank you.