The Communal Land Rights Bill then said, since there would be those collectives set up in terms of the other legislation, there was no need for them to set up other structures to deal with the land issues.

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.

There is a very long list of parties in this year's election, some of the parties I have never heard of.

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

What moved us was not so much what would it do for South Africa, but there has been a great keenness on the Continent that the location of the Pan African Parliament must add to its credibility. And, so we said, fine, it's a contribution to this process of the democratisation of the African Continent.

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

If you don't understand history, you will not be able to deal with today's issues.