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OPENING SPEECH BY THE PREMIER OF THE NORTH WEST PROVINCE MR POPO MOLEFE TO THE THIRD SESSION OF THE LEGISLATURE ON MARCH 15 1996 IN MMABATHO
Mr Speaker, Honourable Judge President, Your lordship the Judges, Honourable Members of the Senate, Honourable Members of the legislature, Dikgosi tsa gaetsho le boMmakgosi, Your Worships Mayors and Mayoresses, The Director-General, Heads of Security Services, Heads of Departments, Distinguished Guests, Ladies and Gentlemen. Profound greetings and my special words of welcome to all gathered in this assembly.
We begin the programme of the third session of this legislative assembly in the full confidence that the South African nation-state has taken firm root within the respected community of free nations. We share with the rest of the international community not only the same fundamental freedoms which keep open the avenues for equal opportunity for all our peoples, we also share the same hopes and aspirations for a safe and secure world for our various peoples and for generations to come.
South Africans are ready to enter the next millennium in the strong belief that they are doing so as a proud nation committed to the noble principles of social equality, economic justice, reconciliation and nation-building.
The year 1995 was punctuated by events which brought to the fore the good which is uniquely South African. Still fresh in our minds is the astounding victory of our national soccer team, Bafana Bafana, in lifting the prestigious African Nations Cup with the determination of a team dedicated to make us all proud.
The way in which our people, from all walks of life and cultural backgrounds, rallied behind the soccer team and our world rugby champions, has given fresh impetus to the effort of nation building that is spearheaded by our President.
The unfortunate mine accident at Vaal Reefs, in which 104 workers lost their lives in pursuit of earning a decent livelihood, produced the good that is in all of us. As we all shared the grief of their families, and gave them our support we were demonstrating that we have a common thread running through all of us as one nation, one country, that is botho humaneness.
We enter the year 1996 as members of this august assembly with the full confidence that we can count on the common loyalty of our diverse communities, black and white, traditional leaders, political organisations, sports people, students, civil servants, the labour movement, religious organisations, farm workers and farmers.
The support which was given to the local government elections is a demonstration that our people have fully embraced the principles of constitutionalism and pluralism. It is a signal that our people have made common cause with the government's vision of the fundamental transformation of the socio-economic structures which have characterized and continue to characterize the society of this country.
This was a milestone in our task of achieving our central objective of a thorough-going democratization of all the corners of our province.
The priorities we set for ourselves at the beginning of the last session have been achieved in spite of the financial and institutional limitations.
We have been able to mobilize the resources of our province, from within the institutions of State, the communities, the private sector and international donors, to meet the most urgent needs of our people. Thousands of citizens are now able to attest to the tangible results of the national democratic revolution.
Our province has continued to enjoy enviable levels of peace and stability.
We enter 1996 with the full confidence that we can count on the support of all interested parties to consolidate our strategic objective of attaining high levels of human resource development. As we intensify efforts at creating conditions for the poor of our rural and urban areas to have access to decent living conditions we are impressed at the speed with which the clinic building programme is progressing.
Primary health care has been extended to historically marginalized communities in the peri urban, the rural and the farm areas. Within the constraints of the budget and the human resources, thousands of children below the age of six and poverty-stricken pregnant mothers, are continuing to experience better health care and hope for the future.
Communities who had before borne the brunt of arbitrary removals from their fatherland, are proud to have experienced the commitment of a democratically-elected government to restore them their dignity in their lifetimes. Land is no longer used by government as a weapon against those who do not have the strength to defend themselves, but it is handed back to them as a productive resource. The implementation of the National Public Works Programme and the Community Based Public Works Programme combine to give urgent relief to the rural poor, much needed social infrastructure and skills training.
The extent to which the provincial government has managed state finances is impeccable. Not only have civil servants maintained a noteworthy capacity to adhere to proper financial management, but the departments have been able to account to members of the public, members of the legislature, trade unions and business people in regard to how they intend to utilize taxpayers money. This gesture serves to demonstrate how far we have come in instilling a culture of a clean and accountable government.
Mr Speaker this synopsis of the progress we have achieved with regard to the priorities we set for ourselves last year is a positive reflection on the Honourable Members of this House, the Executive Council, the communities and their leadership, dikgosi, the civil service, parastatals and non-governmental organisations. It is a set of performance indicators which must galvanize every citizen of this province to consolidate all efforts towards reconstruction and development.
It calls for all of us to remain steadfast in our commitment to the principles of the Reconstruction and Development Programme. It is important to continue to mobilize all sections of our communities around our key strategic objective of building a united, democratic, non-racial and non-sexist society.
As we enter the third year of the government of national unity and the half-way mark of the first popularly-elected legislature, let us not lose sight of the fact that the main content of this phase is the all-round political, economic and social emancipation of the historically marginalized majority of our province.
Our historic bias must always be to the poor of our rural and urban areas, women, the youth and the disabled in general. Whole communities continue to suffer under the legacy of decades of apartheid and bantustan misrule. The extent of the successful implementation of the Reconstruction and Development Programme is going to be judged on its success or failure to bring a qualitative change to the lives of the rural poor for the better.
While the national democratic revolution was essentially about the empowerment of historically disadvantaged masses, it is important to understand that this empowerment should be followed by the transfer of economic power and the democratization of social institutions, so that our people are not only beneficiaries of the RDP, but they are also its architects, its brick layers and its protectors. The national growth and development strategy aims at the democratization of the economy by empowering South Africans to bring about the creation and the even distribution of wealth. If we succeed in creating mechanisms to overcome the unequal distribution of skills, incomes and wealth, this will develop a solid foundation for sustainable growth.
Higher levels of growth and simultaneous development will achieve raised wages and a decent standard of living.
It is the duty of the Honourable Members, the private sector and the public service to work in collaboration with one another to design measures which will simultaneously meet the urgent needs of the historically neglected communities and accelerate economic growth and create employment.
To succeed in creating the foundation for growth, development and employment for the masses, all State departments, parastatals, local government councils and community organisations should contribute to the six pillars of the national strategic vision, which are:
- Investing in people as the productive and creative centre of the economy. - Creating large-scale employment while building a powerful competitive economy in tandem with the economies in other provinces and the entire region. - Using increased investment in the building of houses and the provision of economic infrastructure to facilitate growth and improve the quality of life for the poor. - A crime-prevention strategy to protect the livelihood of our people, protect the wealth of the country and promote investment. - Continuing on the transformation of government and its departments to become efficient and responsive instruments of delivery and empowerment, able to serve all South Africans while directing government resources primarily to meet the needs of the poor majority. - Creating a secure welfare and social security system to empower the poorest and most vulnerable groups, such as women, youth and the disabled, to enter the mainstream of the economy.
Taken together with the key strategic principles of the reconstruction and development programme, these six pillars amount to clear-cut parameters within which government institutions can co-ordinate their development programmes. They are not in conflict with the sectoral targets set in the RDP Base document, but they are intended to implement the RDP on the basis of more precise costing and phasing framework.
Mr Speaker, let us now examine in more detail how far we have come in meeting the short term sectoral goals we set for ourselves at the beginning of 1995, and also establish how prepared we are to meet the strategic challenges for sustained growth and development this year and beyond.
HUMAN RESOURCE DEVELOPMENT.
At the beginning of last year we embarked upon an ambitious programme to transform education and the whole system of human resource development so as to make the system relevant to the demands of the new democracy. We have succeeded in integrating the previously racially segregated educational authorities into a single ministry.
This was in line with our programme of social integration so as to reverse unnecessary duplication. Our heartfelt thanks go to teachers, parents, students and different communities for their unstinting support for our social integration programme.
We have been able to build 543 classrooms in rural areas and 97 in urban areas with the intention to alleviate the chronic shortage of space and overcrowding, all at a cost of R68, 3 million. The great challenge that we faced with regard to the broadening of access to education was to address the acutely embarrassing situation in which rural areas, especially commercial farms, found themselves with seriously inadequate education facilities.
Nevertheless there are many farmers who have proved to be supportive of the initiatives of government. Let us congratulate them, Mr Speaker, for their courage to make a break with the past. The Ministry of Education, Arts, Culture and Recreation had been confronted with the unenviable task of negotiating with farm owners and agricultural unions to secure their co operation for the department to take over the running of farm schools, including maintenance and the provision of teachers and material.
In spite of the initial resistance which the Ministry encountered, important agreements were arrived at, in terms of which the government will be able to assume the running of the schools, to renovate them and be able to build teachers dormitories and supply pupils with books.
INVESTING IN PEOPLE
The challenge that is facing this government and its institutions is to devise an education and training system that meets the economic and social needs of the country and promotes individual development. The government is committed to devising a proactive and focused strategy of investing in programmes and setting targets to bring about a qualitative change in our human resources.
This is necessary if the government is to decisively reverse the legacy of the apartheid education system which deliberately stunted the skills development among blacks. We need to continue to address the backlog in facilities, to provide basic services as well as safety and security in all schools; to ensure unfettered access for all to basic schooling of an acceptable quality; and to provide funding for basic adult education in line with the need to create employment and economic growth.
The provision of adult education, is a matter which is going to receive priority attention this year, with the aim to reduce the high levels of illiteracy and unemployment within the non school going community, especially in the rural areas.
Post-matric education is also in need of urgent intervention for the purposes of providing students with technology-based qualifications and life-skills. The government has secured agreements with the Universities of Manitoba in Canada and that of Harvard and Houston, in the United States, to assist in the exposure of teachers and lecturers of the University of the North West to state of the art technology in education provision.
There is also agreement with Vaal Technikon and Potchefstroom University to develop programmes by which teacher training colleges can assist communities in entrepreneurial skills, self-help projects and general life-skills.
Mr Speaer, the social integration programme in so far as it relates to government schools is proceeding remarkably well, due to the support for integrated education provision that we receive from parents, teachers and pupils, of all cultural and religious backgrounds.
We are proud of our teachers unions, youth formations and communities for this support. However, the fact should not escape us that there still exist certain citizens who are bent on school segregation on the basis of racial and cultural identities. Let me assure everyone in this House, Mr Speaker, that apartheid in education is gone, it cannot come back; nor is this government going to tolerate situations such as the one in Vryburg, where people seek to deny pupils their constitutional and birth right to have unhindered access to government schools.
MEETING BASIC NEEDS-HEALTH AND DEVELOPMENTAL SOCIAL WELFARE
Health delivery and social welfare services in this province reflect perhaps the starkest reminder of the inequities that apartheid has visited on our people. The government inherited a health department which provided services segregated logistically and financially along racial, geographic and sexist lines. There was a complete absence of involvement of staff and community in the management of the services.
Rural populations had little or no access to preventive, curative and rehabilitative health care. In an effort to meet this urgent basic need, the government embarked on fast-track strategies to provide urgent relief and to develop a programme to provide long-term service delivery.
The primary school nutrition scheme and free access to health services for pregnant mothers and children under the age of six years in impoverished rural areas and peri-urban informal settlements have had a positive impact on the lives of thousands of our people. These relief measures have cost the fiscus R49.16 million in the past year.
The province has allocated an additional R54, 8 million for 1996/97 towards the provision of free health care.
The building of thirty-six clinics, eight of them on a fast-track basis and the rest in terms of the Community Based Public Works programme, was the beginning of a process of providing accessible primary health care to the millions who were denied this basic human right. All people have the right to the enjoyment of the highest attainable standard of physical and mental health. The enjoyment of this right is vital to their life and well-being and their ability to participate in all areas of public and private life. This perspective is derived from the assumption that health involves emotional, social and physical well-being and it is determined by the social, political and economic context of our lives. The government is committed to the complete eradication of all factors which are responsible for the differential and unequal access to and use of basic health resources, including primary health services for the prevention and treatment of childhood diseases, malnutrition and communicable disease like AIDS, among others.
The restructuring of the health and welfare services will continue to focus on primary health care, especially for historically marginalized groups like rural women, the youth, the aged and the disabled. All role players must co-ordinate their programmes to ensure the provision and promotion of a comprehensive, affordable, accessible, equitable and people-driven health and social care for all in this province.
All our people have to work towards the establishment of structures at district level to facilitate the rendering of quality health and social welfare services to all in this province.
2. THE PROVISION OF HOUSING AND BASIC SERVICES AND INFRASTRUCTURE.
Mr Speaker, the provision of housing and services as part of the creation of a balanced and dynamic economy has the potential to bring about a vast improvement in the living standards of millions of our people in the historically underserviced rural areas and informal settlements.
To facilitate home-ownership, the government has taken the decision to sell to sitting tenants all 35 000 houses built before 30 June 1993 with state finance at a discount of R7 500. Serviced sites and showhouses have been completed in Winterveldt, Lehurutshe, Maplankeng, Kanana and Oukasie.
Housing delivery is at various stages of implementation in areas as Tlhabologang, Lebaleng, Khuma, Jouberton, Tigane, Borolelo and Groot Marico.
However, Mr Speaker, we are the first to admit that we have not succeeded in reaching the targets we set for ourselves with regard to the provision of housing.
In spite of the Provincial Housing Board approving 37 projects for the construction of 30798 houses, implementation and/or completion has been painfully slow.
Progress in this regard has been hampered by factors such as lack of teamwork and problems of attitude among grass-roots stakeholders, land tenure uncertainty, bureaucracy with regard to bridging finance and general lack of communication.
The speedy resolution of these bottlenecks should open the way for visible delivery in this regard this financial year.
In addition the government has set aside an amount of R67million to provide decent sanitation and drinking water facilities to residents in the municipal areas which had been neglected in the past such as Vryburg, Zeerust and Klerksdorp. This year various projects to provide residents with clean water, sewer reticulation and proper roads are going to take place in areas such as Ikageng, Motlhe, Tigane, Reagile, Ikageleng, Letlhabile, Molatswaneng, Colridge, Jouberton, Kgakala and Reivilo.
Recently the Provincial Government has approved R19m towards counter funding for 10 Municipal Infrastructure Programmes. This is intended to fast track the provision of Infrastructure development in the North West and 10 Local Authorities will benefit from this counter funding.
The provision of electricity to villages and townships is continuing at a phenomenal speed. More people are going to light up in Hartebeesfontein, Phatsima and Pachsdraai as others already do in Lebaleng, Kokosi, Meriting, Borolelo Tlhabologang, Utlwanang.
LOCAL GOVERNMENT ELECTIONS AND MASAKHANE
Mr Speaker, I have already made the observation that the local government elections of last year, and the establishment of transitional structures of local government, constitute an epoch-making step in the task of transforming the political, economic and social patterns which characterize our society.
We need to thank all our citizens for having once more accepted responsibility to put into place their own elected representatives to take forward the process of democratization and the efficient delivery of basic services.
One depressing feature of the government's drive to provide a secure environment for private sector investment in housing and infrastructure development is the fact that certain residents, for one reason or another, still continue to refrain from the payment of their rental, bond and service obligations.
It has to be emphasized once more, Mr Speaker, that unless people pay for their obligations on contracts which they entered of their own free will and volition, it will be difficult for the government to convince the private sector foreign governments and donor organizations to provide money for the building of clinics, proper roads, electrification, early-learning centres and other important services.
Unless the rate of payment rises to impressive levels, areas in which people are still unwilling to face this reality will remain undeveloped and unsafe for habitation. We want to congratulate all those residents who are up to date with their rent,,bonds and services payments.
Perhaps one reason why certain people are not paying adequately for their bond and service obligation, is that they do not understand the central role that the Masakhane I A re Aganeng campaign plays in the development of their areas. The campaign is not only aimed at getting people to pay.
It is an integrated programme which aims to create efficient and accountable structures of governance which play a central and strategic role in facilitating private sector investment in the provision of housing and general economic development in rural and urban areas.
Masakhane is a development oriented campaign, which forms an integral part of Local Government. Therefore, this campaign must be rooted at local level and must be driven by the Transitional Local Councils and Transitional District Councils. The Mayors should play an effective political role to ensure the success of the campaign.
On the 7th February 1996 all mayors in this province signed a pledge to mobilize all stakeholders in community development, service providers, civic bodies, community-based organisations, to pool their resources to address issues pertaining to socio-economic development.
By so doing they have accepted the responsibility to be managers, drivers and articulators of this campaign. Will these ladies and gentlemen translate their declaration and resolutions into a concrete reality or will they merely confine them to the archives of history?
A word of commendation must also go towards the provincial headquarters of the ABSA Banking Group, for having taken the initiative to supply its resources towards developing the capacity of mayors and councillors for effective and efficient governance' thereby reinforcing the social compact of government, the private sector and the community to promote local economic development.
The key to growth and development is the transformation of institutions of government, including the district councils and local councils, to become far more responsive to the basic needs of communities in a flexible and efficient manner. All levels of government must be transparent, clean and accountable.
We would like to urge communities to give support to their councillors and traditional leaders and to co-operate with service delivery parastatals and state departments in order to enhance delivery at the local level.
RESTRUCTURING AND RATIONALIZATION OF STATE INSTITUTIONS.
The restructuring process of state institutions is part of programme to establish efficient institutions which can ensure that Black economic empowerment remains central to reconstruction and development, which should be aimed at empowering communities rather than being directed at a limited number of individuals. But the government also seeks to achieve effective and efficient delivery of services as part of its commitment to the people.
The government spends 45% its annual budget on salaries of the 72 000 people who work in the civil service and parastatals. We have all to accept that the total population in this province is about 3, 5 million; which is made up of an army of unemployed masses, the homeless, the sick, the children who need education and care. We need to redirect our resources towards the creation of jobs and the building of the economy.
The restructuring and rationalization process takes into account the fact that state-owned institutions play a central role in the development of our communities and in meeting basic needs. I wish to allay the fears of all concerned that the government intends to embark on a programme of large-scale retrenchment of civil servants. This is not the intention of government, yet government is obliged to restructure all institutions in line with the demands of a democratic South Africa.
If there is a need to reduce the size of the civil service, any mechanisms to do so will be discussed with all public sector unions and the people who are going to be affected by such a move. The intention of the government is to keep job losses to an absolute minimum.
A number of parastatals have seen the need to reorganize themselves and have embarked on internal restructuring while others have not yet attempted to change in line with the new national objectives and strategy. The government is aware that restructuring exercises which have been initiated by certain institutions pose difficulties for the short-term.
To this extent the establishment of a policy framework is necessary in order to monitor the restructuring process, so as to speedily resolve exercises which have a traumatizing effect on employees and have a negative impact on the performance of the institutions. The restructuring of government institutions and parastatals such as the North West Development Corporation, The Housing Corporation, North West Consumer Council, North West Arts Council, Mmabana Cultural Foundation, North West Agricultural Bank, North West Tourism Council, North West Agricultural Services Corporation, forms part of a programme to stimulate growth and to achieve equity in these institutions.
This programme entails the following strategies:
- the restructuring of the civil service to achieve representativity and efficiency. - belt-tightening and cost-saving - reprioritization, both within and between departments - review and restructuring of parastatal institutions - redefining the relations between national, provincial and local government - and monitoring implementation and capacity.
Mr Speaker, the government is going to intensify urgent measures to transform key state institutions in the economy so as to release much-needed funds for investment in housing provision and economic infrastructure development.
PROMOTING SMALL SCALE AGRICULTURAL AND LAND REFORM
The government is committed to making it possible for emerging entrepreneurs to take part in small-scale agriculture and agri-businesses as part of small business development. In addition to job creation, the government believes that improved agricultural output will definitely contribute significant to the province's gross geographic product.
The good rains we have received this season provide hope not only because the cycle of drought has been broken, but also because we are going to have enough production to improve the performance of the rand as against foreign currency, improve our balance of payments and release funds for capital investment.
It is important therefore that previously excluded aspiring entrepreneurs should make use of government measures which are aimed at broadening access to this field of economic activity, which include the following:
The commitment of the government to small-scale farming and land reform does not reflect a negative attitude to be more productive and explore both domestic and international markets taking advantage of the fact that South Africa is on a honeymoon with the world. But Mr Speaker South Africans need to be careful, honeymoons are not permanent, they are temporary, and they need to be used to consummate marriage. In our context we need to use them to promote trade and investment.
The national department of Land Affairs has released the Green Paper on land policy, which aims to solicit contributions from citizens of this province on resolving the thorny issue of land restitution, redistribution and reform. It sets out the vision and implementation strategy for a South African land policy that is just, builds reconciliation and stability, contributes to economic growth and promotes welfare.
This august assembly and the residents of our province need to discuss this policy critically and constructively. The transformation process will not be complete unless we embark on the transformation of our productive resources, of which land is an important part. We are committed to the restoration of land rights to the poor and marginalized for the purposes of residential and economic use.
Land redistribution is intended to assist the urban and rural poor, farm workers, labour tenants, women and entrepreneurs.
I need to warn that the Government is not going to give priority to people or groups who participate in land invasions, nor will it give special treatment to those who threaten to squat on land which is not earmarked for residential purposes.
Instead, government will work with organized groups of landless people and those who intend to undertake productive farming. We have already embarked upon a programme of addressing the question of restitution for people who have been forcefully removed from their land by apartheid measures of the past. The government is in the process of providing support to people in Ventersdorp, Lichtenburg and Swartrugges as part of a pilot project to right the wrongs of the past in this regard.
In addition, the government is intent on instituting land tenure reform to assist landless people, including women, farm workers and labour tenants who wish to gain access to land in rural and urban areas.
People who are already in possession of land should not have any fear that land reform is going to be conducted in an arbitrary and disruptive manner, but if they are worried about their security of tenure they should make use of the democratic avenues which underpin this government.
This exercise is going to be done in a spirit that is conducive to nation-building, reconciliation stability, economic growth and development.
We are committed to reversing the effects of apartheid, and I wish to assure everybody in this House that the government views land as a source of economic power, which power should be shared by all who live in this country.
The government is not going to use it as a weapon against any particular individual or group, but we are going to distribute it in such a way that we give everybody the opportunity to enter the mainstream economy.
CRIME PREVENTION
Mr Speaker, the North West is a province which is characterized by peace, stability and great hope for the future. These are ingredients which are conducive to investment and development. It is thanks to our police and community forums that we have low levels of serious crime. However we are concerned about the rising levels of housebreaking, bag snatching, culpable homicide, rape, child abuse, armed robbery and receiving suspected stolen property. In this year we must consolidate our efforts at addressing crime and the causes thereof. Let communities, through their forums, work together with the police to expose criminals, to make sure that they appear before courts of law where people provide evidence so that they are convicted and sentenced.
Let the police and their unions, SAPU and POPCRU, not only address working conditions, but also inculcate a spirit of loyalty, community service, and commitment in,their members. Let non-governmental organizations, business associations and parents agree to address the socio economic causes of criminal activity. It is the responsibility of all of us to protect the livelihood of our people, secure the wealth of the country so that we can have investment, development and prosperity.
Accordingly, the fight against organised crime is a priority for this province and the whole country.
WOMEN'S EMANCIPATION AND EMPOWERMENT
No transformation of this country will be complete until the society of this country has accelerated the process of women's emancipation so that they too can enjoy the fruits of the national democratic revolution. The fact that women still occupy a secondary position in all aspects of public and private life is a serious short coming of our national liberation.
There is no way we are going to have complete transfer of economic power, while a large part of our population remains outside the programme of reconstruction and development. The government supports the Programme of Action for Women's Emancipation which was adopted at the Beijing Conference of last year. We pledge to promote women's emancipation by implementing the strategic objectives adopted by the conference to accelerate equality between men and women. We call on all people to make it possible for women to reach for the stars as equal partners with men.
NATIONAL COMMISSIONS
Mr Speaker, the struggle for the emancipation of our people from institutionalized oppression was a long and difficult one. In the course of that struggle citizens of this country paid dearly for resisting a system which the whole world declared as a crime against humanity.
Various international bodies such as the Frontline States, the Organisation of African Unity, the Non-Aligned Movement and the United Nations Organisation, all applied different measures to compel the apartheid government to allow free political activity, to release political prisoners, to unban political organisations and to lift the state of emergency.
In spite of these pressures from inside and abroad, the apartheid government and its black bantustan surrogates intensified their monopoly on power, most of the time using measures which resulted in damage to property, bodily injury and sometime loss of life. As a result of this conflict in our sorry history, the national programme of reconciliation, nation building, reconstruction and development is being clouded by the blood of innocent people, our pleas for forgiveness are overwhelmed by the voices of those who were secretly buried in unmarked graves, children cry for their mothers and fathers.
To foster reconciliation and nation-building, and to encourage forgiveness and atonement, President Nelson Mandela has established the Truth Commission whose terms of reference include to inquire into excesses and atrocities that were committed in defence of apartheid or in opposing it.
The President has also issued terms of reference to the Commission of Inquiry into the incidents that led to violence in the territory which was once called Bophuthatswana on 11 March 1994, and the loss of life that occurred as a result of that violence. The commission that is going to be established has been empowered to determine the names of people who died, the circumstances of each death, the cause or likely cause of death and whether any person should be prosecuted for such death.
Once again the objective of the government is not to embark on a witch-hunt but to allow justice to be done and seen to be done.