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.

I don't know why women would think they would be underrepresented in that 40 per cent, and I do not know why they think they would be underrepresented in that 60 per cent either. Because, any community that has their traditional leader in the area, one would expect that, among the people, they would want to ensure that this committee, that 60%, is properly representative.

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.

We want the National Intelligence, we want the Police, we want the Scorpions, any other institutions, the tax people, and so on, the totality of these bodies, to get together.

The public service needs lots of people, South Africa generally, needs lots of people.

We were asked to host the Pan African Parliament and we agreed to this.

Your developed countries are taking teachers from South Africa, they are taking nurses, because people are better paid where they are going.