The Public Service Needs Lots Of People,

I Don't Think There Would Be Many Examples Of South Africa Pushing Its Weight Around The African Continent. I Don't Think The Facts Would Substantiate That Argument.

You Cannot Just Depend On The Market, Because The Market Will Say: China Needs Oil; China Needs Coal; China Needs Whatever, And Africa Has Got All These Things In Abundance. And We Go There And Get Them, And The More We Develop The Chinese Economy, The Larger The Manufacturing Is, The More We Need Global Markets - Sell It To The Africans Which Indeed Might Very Well Destroy Whatever Infant Industries Are Trying To Develop On The Continent. That Is What The Market Would Do.

I Don't Imagine Heads Of Government Would Ever Be Able To Say I'm Not An Economist Therefore I Can't Take Decisions On Matters Of The Economy; I'm Not A Soldier I Can't Take Decisions On Matters Of Defence; I'm Not An Educationist So I Can't Take Decisions About Education.

We Raised The Matter Of An Agreement That Was Reached At The Growth And Development Summit, Which Was That We Should Access A Certain Part, 5% Was Mentioned, Of The Funds In The Hands Of The Institutional Investors, Domestically, For Investment In The Real Economy. That Being An Agreement Of The Growth And Development Summit, We Will Engage South African Business To See How We Can Make That A Practical Thing. So, There Is A Different Set Of Engagement With Local Business.

You Can Say To This Unemployed Family, People Are Indigent, That They Must Pay For Water And This And That And Refuse Removal And So On. They Have No Money. We May Very Well Say That, But Does The Municipality Have The Capacity To Do It? So, That's Why We Said That We Need To Have A Thorough Look At The Functioning Of Local Government And That Will Include The Financing. So That This Poor Person Does Indeed Access That Water.