To actualise our mandate, which originated from the resolution of the Polokwane conference of the ANC, over the past months we have focused on building systems and processes that will enable this department to effectively carry out its mandate. The former offices of the Status of Women, Rights of the Child and Rights of People with Disabilities have been incorporated into the new department. We are indeed concerned about the unhealthy state of affairs at the Commission for Gender Equality, the CGE. We will be engaging with the CGE to provide the necessary leadership and to find measures to address various challenges facing the organisation. We have to ensure that the Commission for Gender Equality carries out its mandate as an important Chapter 9 institution focused on issues of gender.