Deputy Chair, that is a detail but, as I said, this is aimed at ensuring that we address this huge challenge of unemployed youth, particularly from rural communities where there is grinding poverty, so to speak. The idea is that we should, as far as possible, afford opportunities to those who otherwise would not be able to lift themselves out of this cycle of poverty. Of course, the approach is in addition to some of the interventions that we employ in addressing poverty, because we believe that education is the key to addressing issues of unemployment and poverty.
We want to deal with this challenge at a household level in order to ensure that we don't have poverty being transmitted from one generation to another in the same household. We should be able to address that and I can quite plainly state that, if there are young women who are in this category in any rural community, they would no doubt receive the necessary attention.
UMBHEXESHI OYINTLOKO WEBHUNGA: Sekela-Sihlalo, ndingathanda ukuqonda kuSekela-Mongameli ukuba ingaba le mpendulo ayinike leNdlu ichaphazela isebe elinye na okanye onke amasebe karhulumente? Kwaye njengoko sithetha ngophuhliso lwasemaphandleni, ingaba le nto iza kuwachaphazela ngakumbi na amaphondo ngoba olu phuhliso silufuna phaya kanye ezilalini. (Translation of isiXhosa paragraph follows.)
[The CHIEF WHIP OF THE COUNCIL: Deputy Chairperson, I would like to know from the Deputy President if the response he gave this House affects only one department or all government departments. Again, as we talk about rural development, will this have a negative impact on the provinces because we need this development mostly in rural areas?]