We have just one request, ... Our creditors and the international community should not take precipitous action whose effect is to negate the turnaround efforts currently under way.

As the Chamber of Mines we believe that there is adequate policing in the industry and additional policing would yield no marginal value.

One can never be prepared enough for anything. We always want to react late. We have become a nation of pointing fingers, a nation of perpetual moaners and a nation that lacks initiatives,

We have been putting our money where our mouth is in as far as ... the need to remain a part of the global village and the international community as represented by IMF membership.

This is a modest payment meant to demonstrate our sincerity with respect to our international obligations,

We are a guilty party from a technical point of view.