The matters I am talking about regarding the ports. That matter has been discussed with the unions, and agreed, and therefore there is no particular reason why there should be a problem about it. We will continue to move like that. We need the engagement of the unions in these processes.

I should also say that apart from the negotiations that are taking place within the WTO, we are ourselves involved in all manner of bilateral negotiations, or, if they are not bilateral, with the South African Customs Union and the European Union. All the member countries of the European Union have now ratified the agreement that we have with the EU and that opens up the EU market in various ways.

I think that probably the most important thing about our education was that it taught us to question even those things we thought we knew.

How many murders are committed in Gauteng, or in the Western Cape, in a month? A week? A day? An hour? But of course we are not allowed to know for sure. In close and direct imitation of his apartheid models, Selebi ensures that no statistics about crime may be published regularly in the press.

As Africans, we need to share common recognition that all of us stand to lose if we fail to transform our continent.

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

Clearly, we are very, very concerned about the situation, for instance, that has been going on in Gaza.