I Must Say Also, That We Are

A Number Of African Countries Came To Us And Said, We Request That South Africa Should Not Field A Candidate, Because So Many Other African Countries Wanted To, And, In Any Case, South Africa Would Continue To Play A Role In Terms Of Building The African Union, And So On. And They Actually Said, Please Don't Field A Candidate, And We Didn't. As I Have Said, It Is Not Because We Didn't Have People Who Are Competent To Serve In These Positions.

When I Was In Government, The South African Economy Was Growing At 4.5% - 5%. But Then Came The Global Financial Crisis Of 2008/2009, And So The Global Economy Shrunk. That Hit South Africa Very Hard, Because Then The Export Markets Shrunk, And That Includes China, Which Has Become One Of The Main Trade Partners With South Africa. Also, The Slowdown In The Chinese Economy Affected South Africa. The Result Was That During That Whole Period, South Africa Lost Something Like A Million Jobs Because Of External Factors.

I Must Say, With Regard To Equatorial Guinea, The Government Of Equatorial Guinea, As Soon As They Had Arrested These People, Sent A Delegation Here To Say They Are Going To Charge Them Because They Have Got Sufficient Information To Say These People Were Planning To Remove The Government Of Equatorial Guinea By Force.

We Identified Various Sectors Of The Economy, Which We Said Were Growth Sectors. I Have Mentioned Tourism. We Said, For Instance, Agro-business. We Grow A Lot Of Food And Fruit And Things Like That. It Must Be Possible To Process Those.

We Will Continue To Count On Your Unwavering Support And Commitment To Working With Leaders Of Our Continent In Bringing About The Desired Renaissance Of Africa.