I'm very sorry, Ben. I mean, I beg your pardon, hon Turok. [Laughter.]
Mr Speaker, the hon Sizani spoke very eloquently. He certainly has a very engaging style and a very loud voice, and the picture he paints of being a member of the only party that cares for the poor is, of course, very entertaining, and absolute rubbish too, I might add. He quoted at length the case of Giyani as an example of ANC concern and success, but we all know that Giyani is a rural development pilot project; it has only just got under way, while other pilot projects by the department have failed to get off the ground at all.
More importantly, to the hon Sizani, what about the thousands of other rural areas, villages and so on that have been completely neglected by the ANC and which remain poor and unassisted by the government?
Mr President, your Budget Vote today is the final Budget Vote for this 2010 financial year. There have always been good and bad debates with all the Budget Votes and it has been interesting to note that the tone is always set by the person who leads the debate - in other words, the Minister - and in this case today, Mr President, yourself. I want to say, sir, that this House knows what tone you set today.
But, Mr President, you said that the government in the past year has defined its style as smarter, better, faster. You indicated that you feel that the people of South Africa can sense a new sense of urgency as a result of the changing style of government. Mr Speaker, I need to say to the hon President that it is highly questionable whether there really is a new sense of urgency in this country and with government, as the hon Trollip and other members of the opposition have pointed out during the course of today.
Sir, we now come to the beginning of your second term of office and we do sincerely hope that your second term of office will be more successful than your first term, and that, indeed, there will be no own goals in exactly the same way as we hope that Bafana Bafana will have no own goals, in the World Cup. I thank you. [Applause.]