The matter of people being attracted to other countries is a permanent problem in my view, it doesn't only face South Africa. A whole lot of countries in the world are faced with this problem.

The engagements with the International Investment Council have developed in a very interesting way. It is, again, the point I raised at the beginning.

Clearly, we are very, very concerned about the situation, for instance, that has been going on in Gaza.

It is difficult to discuss... history.. it is more difficult to talk about today.. simple things…

Those communal areas have got elected municipalities, which have got to do their work as, as fully, democratically elected municipal councils.

The matter of who governs Zimbabwe is a matter that is in the hands of the people of Zimbabwe.

We very constantly run this campaign to encourage people to go and get Identity Documents, to register, and so on. We'll continue to do that.

We have to continue to confront the challenge of corruption within the public service.

Haiti was a French colony, but in 1804, the slaves rose up and defeated the French and formed the Republic. For the last 200 years, Haiti has had a very unfortunate history.

The National Empowerment Fund we established some time back. And one of the challenges was to build a strong enough asset base for it to operate in a credible manner. And we believe that it can.

There must be public servants who are working regularly among the people.

We are a very big mining country and historically have been exporters of raw minerals. There is no particular reason why we should not be processing those further.

We are improving the entirety of the system. You have got to make the grants available. Thabo Mbeki

Of course we run a very open economy, and therefore what happens in the rest of the world, in economic terms, obviously has an impact on us.

Certainly the Government has tried to handle the matter of our relations with the rest of the Continent in a very sensitive manner.

It's very worrying at this time in the world that any point of view should be prohibited, that's banned, there are heretics that should be burned at the stake.

That surely must be a concern to anyone who decides this drug must be given to stop transmissions, again from mother to child, which is extremely costly and must be taken into account.

We are not being arrogant or complacent when we are said that our country, as a united nation, has never in its entire history, enjoyed such a confluence of encouraging possibilities.

As I said, the matter of the Pan African Parliament was raised with us by other African countries who said we should host.