This is a beautiful, but unfunded mandate.
Minister, we have had a briefing, and we are sure that we want to see this change take place. Regarding this mandate of yours, which is unfunded, we will be doing our own oversight over it as a committee. We all agree that we are not happy about the fact that in the rural areas there are no recreational facilities such as halls and whatever.
Before I sit down, I want to say, with regard to those provincial MECs who are not taking sport seriously, we can't give government 15% of our budget. There are only three provinces - the Eastern Cape, KwaZulu-Natal and the Western Cape - that are topping up the money allocated to sport. Why is that? We are doing oversight, and we are not happy with the SA Local Government Association, Salga. We want them to tell us whether or not they are downing tools regarding this money, or receiving it late. This is a new committee, and we will be all over, wanting to see what the black and white children are getting. [Applause.]
The ANC supports this budget. [Applause.]