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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.

I Don't Know Why Women Would Think They Would Be Underrepresented In That 40 Per Cent, And I Do Not Know Why They Think They Would Be Underrepresented In That 60 Per Cent Either. Because, Any Community That Has Their Traditional Leader In The Area, One Would Expect That, Among The People, They Would Want To Ensure That This Committee, That 60%, Is Properly Representative.

I Was Very Fortunate To Be Able To Go To School And University, Because Many People Our Age Couldn't Complete School. This Gift Of Education Must Be Used In Whatever Ways We Can To Uplift The People.

Of Course We Run A Very Open Economy, And Therefore What Happens In The Rest Of The World, In Economic Terms, Obviously Has An Impact On Us.

I Am An African. I Owe My Being To The Hills And The Valleys, The Mountains And The Glades, The Rivers, The Deserts, The Trees, The Flowers, The Seas And The Ever-changing Seasons That Define The Face Of Our Native Land.