For an investor who is sitting in the United States, and South Africa is very far from the United States, you need to go out to that investor to say, these are the possibilities in this particular sector.

We would take the same position as the majority of the world about this, including this issue where Prime Minister [Ariel] Sharon made a commitment to pull Israeli troops out of Gaza.

I have absolutely no problem with the press criticising policies and the things that we do, the things that we say.

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

One of the issues that I have raised in that context is our transport system, road, rail and ports. We have raised this before, that the South African economy has grown at a rate that has overtaken the capacity of the transport system. And therefore, we have said that it is necessary to expand our capacity in the ports.

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

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