Chairperson and hon members, thank you to all of you for participating in this debate - those who have participated constructively and unconstructively. I just want to say to the ANC that I will not single you out, but we have heard the concerns, especially regarding filling some of the vacancies. I just want to assure you that for some of the vacancies we have done the interviews and short listing, so they will be filled as soon as possible.
In terms of xenophobia, I just want to say that yes, the cluster is looking into that. There is an interministerial committee, and, in fact, our Chairperson is Minister Mthethwa. He is continually looking into that issue. All the other issues that have been raised, those that need to be taken care of, have been noted and will be taken care of.
To the hon Mulder, firstly, I just want to say, yes, just like you I can't understand why something from two comma something billion rand escalated to R4,5 billion. That is why we had to deal with it, and that is why now we have saved the government two billion rand because we are only going to do this for R2,5 billion, not for R4,5 billion. So, we agree with you there. [Applause.]
Secondly, you also asked why they didn't go to court. Unfortunately, I cannot speak for them, but I can say that if you smell a rat, just wait ...