Deputy Speaker, I will speak briefly on two motions. First of all, we want to thank hon Malgas for highlighting the initiatives of communities who have taken it upon themselves to ensure that they intervene to improve education in the Nelson Mandela Bay area, especially in poor communities. We would like to assure her and the people of the Nelson Mandela Bay area that we support community initiatives of this nature and we wish to encourage all communities to do the same. Government are not able to change things alone, without the people themselves being the drivers of change. That is why our slogan remains relevant: "People's education for people's power".
We would like to assure to the hon member, the leader of Azapo, that we are indeed working very hard in turning the situation around in the Eastern Cape. The Ministers who were assigned by the President to actually work with the provincial government continue to meet to discuss this. As a matter of fact, we are having the next round of talks with the Eastern Cape government this coming Friday. All sides are committed to resolving matters in the Eastern Cape and no one denies that there are serious problems there that need to be addressed. We are determined to turn the situation around in the Eastern Cape and nothing will stand in our way in this regard.
Of course, as an open government, we will continue to appreciate further ideas and suggestions from members of this House who are genuine about dealing with this matter of how we can take this exercise to a higher level. Siyabonga, Sekela Somlomo. [Thank you, Deputy Speaker.] [Applause.]