Chairperson, before I move on, let me acknowledge some of the people who have been invited here, like the ambassadors on substance abuse and those of the NGOs that were able to come here; such as the South African Older Persons' Forum; the Black Sash; Access; the National Association of Child Care Workers, NACCW; Ilitha Labantu; the Solomon Mahlangu Freedom College Trust, Somafco; and UN representatives.
We have also invited friends of the late veteran of our struggle, Babu Oscar Mpetha. We are happy they are here with us to come and witness part of the work that we are doing to try to improve the quality of the lives of our people. [Applause.]
We also have here today the National Development Agency, the lecturers and students from the Huguenot College, which offers Social Work, and the SA Council for Social Service Professions; I thought we should mention them.