Speaker, the Deputy President has indicated that he believes that what Chancellor House is doing is okay because it has a specific interest in Hitachi, and is not directly doing business with government. Yet, the hon Deputy President must be aware that there are some other contracts - very controversial contracts - that have been awarded, and in respect of which the Public Protector has actually found that there are transgressions in the one instance, more so on the pronouncements made by the hon Minister of Communications.
In the other case, it was actually a saviour for the particular senior ANC politician who is the owner of SGL Engineering that municipal records could not really prove to the Public Protector what business he engaged in with local authorities. Can I just ask him whether he will assure us in this House today that government will close all those avenues within the codes of ethics, and implement very firm cooling-off periods so that we can avert the current insider trading that is taking place between senior officials and government? Thank you.