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

We should never become despondent because the weather is bad, nor should we turn triumphalist because the sun shines.

Those communal areas have got elected municipalities, which have got to do their work as, as fully, democratically elected municipal councils.

The people who steal cars, there's somebody there who is the master, who orders the cars, or just takes a car when it is brought? I am saying the law enforcement authorities have a pretty good idea about a lot of these kind of persons. We want it to pool all that knowledge and all those resources, so that they focus on these people.

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.

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

The matter of social security and these grants is to help to address the levels of poverty in the country.