The parastatals are an important driver of the process of Black Economic Empowerment and they have been doing it, and will continue to do it.

The issue of racism and racial prejudice. It is very, very difficult to discuss. It is difficult to discuss the issue of apartheid. Many have made the observation that it is very difficult to find anyone in SA who ever supported apartheid because everyone was opposed, it was against our will and so on.

Pope Benedict XVI assumes leadership at a critical time in which the world's collective wisdom and leadership including that of the religious community is most important to face up to challenges of deepening poverty and under-development afflicting many people of the world.

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.

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

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

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