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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

For the first time in human history, society has the capacity, the knowledge and the resources to eradicate poverty

The principal investors in the South African economy are South Africans. And this is something, I think, we should really pay attention to.

The people of Zimbabwe have a responsibility to ensure that the government that they elected behaves properly.

If we only said safe sex, use a condom, we won't stop the spread of AIDS in this country.

In Africa you have space...there a profound sense of space here, space and sky

We are very keen to see that nobody gets ill-treated or abused.

We would continue to handle our relations with the rest of the Continent with that kind of sensitivity.