Hon Chairperson, hon Minister, fellow hon members, future sports stars in the gallery, ladies and gentlemen, we were once again reminded of the uniting power of sport with the 2014 Fifa Soccer World Cup. It's a pity that we had to be content with watching other national teams because our own Bafana Bafana did not qualify for reasons that are obvious to this House. The World Cup was yet another sad reminder that we are a lightweight football nation that is a distant mile away from competing with the heavyweights. [Interjections.] Our failure as a country in sport is not because there is a lack of talented youngsters who want to become sports champions. [Interjections.]