South Africa's economy has been performing at an average rate of about less than a percent currently but it remains the second largest in the continent. If you look at the other sectors of the economy, manufacturing production has increased by 1,2% in 2018 as compared with 2017 and manufacturing has assisted us to be able to get out of technical recession, and we need to do more especially around the issues of manufacturing because it contributes 25% of the manufacturing activity. The investment in mining and the indaba that was held here, mining is on the rise again and we are looking forward to 2019 with all the commitments that have been made. When you look at international tourism, tourism expenditure has grown and was recorded at the end of 2017 to be above R277 billion of which constitute 56% domestic and 44% international visitors. The revision of tourism visa regime and the plans to roll-out the e-Visa system will enhance the potential of attending to issues of tourism