Construction projects are always fraught with uncertainties.

Stoltenberg Consulting has worked with us on other projects and has been a trusted advisor. We sought this expertise for our first conversions.

Public works projects such as highway construction and government buildings will also increase in 2006, contributing greatly to the increase in cement consumption.

We will be continuing this training and consider giving financial assistance to some projects. Though the aim is not to give financial assistance, it is to show that people can do a lot of things without much money. We need to get youth more interested in life.

People think I disappear sporadically, but I just do projects that don't get international acclaim.

Mbeki says what he and the others are looking for from the G8 now are concrete projects that will help Africa out of poverty -- clean water, better health delivery, improving agriculture and education and structures for peace and security and good governance,