South Africa has all the tools to compete in the new global village - an eager workforce, ready to take on any challenge.

In this era of the global village, the tide of democracy is running. And it will not cease, not in China, not in South Africa, not in any corner of this earth, where the simple idea of democracy and freedom has taken root.

So you put a little Jamaica in the fund, a little South Africa, a little Thailand. In a global crisis, all three will be a dog. But if you're a [hedge fund] manager, you don't care. You just want to offer as much diversification as possible, with as much yield as possible.

The new electronic independence re-creates the world in the image of a global village.

Its not a global village, but we're in a highly interconnected globe.

We all belong to South Africa, and South Africa belongs to us all.