Chairperson, hon Minister, colleagues, in the Freedom Charter we said: "The people shall share in the country's wealth!" However, are we sharing in the country's wealth? We also said in our manifesto that we will fight against crime and corruption. Now, look at the zama zamas; where do they come from?
Let us look at the background of being in a recession and that the mines have been closing down for the past 10 years and the zama zamas have been there since the apartheid days. As a miner in those days I used to work at some stage at Eland mines. We were visiting G Hostel and the zama zamas were there. What did the apartheid government do? Nothing! [Interjections.]
The ANC government and this committee went down there because it cares for the people. [Interjections.]
THE HOUSE CHAIRPERSON (Mr R J Tau): Order!