Procurement policies of all of the major parastatals, it is a very important element of that processes that will continue.

I am sure that it wouldn’t be in the long-term interests of China which would continue to depend on these African resources for a very long time to see the emergence of any sense of hostility animosity, tension, da da da, between itself and the African continent.

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

It is difficult to discuss... history.. it is more difficult to talk about today.. simple things…

South Africa has faced many problems in the past. You would understand those problems if you understood the history of the struggle to get rid of Apartheid and the struggle to establish democracy.

Many of our own people here in this country do not ask about computers, telephones and television sets. They ask - when will we get a road to our village.

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