Thank you very much, to the shadow Deputy Minister for Co-operative Governance and Traditional Affairs, Madam Wenger. The issue of skills is something that we are attending to. As we speak, we are conducting an audit so as to check every individual employed in the municipality so that we are able to know which people have the skills, which people must be retrained, and those that cannot be retrained must give way to people who are able to do the job.
Within that context, we have a framework for deploying people in areas where there is a scarcity of skills so that we are able to move forward. We will be ensuring that we do that, and you must know that the Department of Co-operative Governance and Traditional Affairs is part of government. Government is going to take responsibility in ensuring that the scarce skills are being funded by government and people are there do the job. That is what we are doing. We will be presenting the report, once it is ready, to Cabinet for it to take a decision.
In conclusion, Chairperson, on the issue of Shanaaz Majiet, she is a lady who is disabled, who has been removed, not because of incompetence, but because she was not appointed by the DA. They have deployed a cadre in her place. [Interjections.] What is worse is that they have employed a man over a woman. They have removed Africans and blacks and put in whites. [Interjections.]
We have now gone back to the old in terms of the system, whereby white males are in positions of authority in this province. From our point of view, we know what history is talking about and, therefore, nobody must question our integrity and knowledge. Thank you very much. [Applause.]