Thank you, Mr Speaker. Mr President, this question revolves around the word "skills", the problem being that people are appointed to senior positions without the necessary skills to do the work. The same applies with regard to political parties: fielding candidates who do not have the skills to be effective councillors. Now, if you had time to watch TV last night, it was said that R1,4 billion was wasted by the municipalities in the Free State because of this problem, and the ANC Whip in the National Council of Provinces has as much as admitted that there are no proper skills.
So, Mr President, what should be done is that we should not appoint people who do not have the necessary skills to do the job that you appoint them for. We should not field such candidates - all parties - to become councillors and Members of Parliament, present company excluded. [Laughter.]