On behalf of all present here, I wish to congratulate you, Thandi, on your election as the Permanent Deputy Chairperson of the National Council of Provinces. Perhaps I must say it now: You are going to work very hard. You are going to deputise this person who is sitting here! Perhaps they have already whispered to you that the work here is a lot. Hands on deck from now, not tomorrow! But I will give you time to say a few words, your maiden speech. Can you say a few words? I call upon the Permanent Deputy Chair to say a few words.