South Africa now needs skilled and educated people to say 'How do we manage and develop this democratic country?'

It will be a comprehensive response. The ID issue is one of them. It will make sure that Home Affairs has the capacity to reach people and to make sure that the people themselves know that they have got to get these documents and where to go to get them.

You have to make sure that [grants] reach people by virtue of their Identity Documents.

The law enforcement authorities have got a fairly good idea of who are these principal criminals. Who are the people, for instance, who receive the cell phones? When a young person goes and snatches a cell phone, there's someone who is sitting somewhere who receives this. Lots of this kind of crime.

The issue of racism and racial prejudice. It is very, very difficult to discuss. It is difficult to discuss the issue of apartheid. Many have made the observation that it is very difficult to find anyone in SA who ever supported apartheid because everyone was opposed, it was against our will and so on.

A modern economy and society requires skilled people, so you need to train them.

The parastatals are an important driver of the process of Black Economic Empowerment and they have been doing it, and will continue to do it.