Mr Speaker, Mr President, the chairperson of the AU will be going to Ethiopia next month. Has there been an indication, as the hon Davidson said, that some of the staff that she wants to take with her will have to take salary cuts? To ask a direct question, Mr President, can you confirm to this House whether she has approached government for assistance in that regard; and if she has, what nature of assistance are you going to give to her so that she has the necessary staff to take with her to Ethiopia?
Secondly, we all know that the campaigning period for the chairmanship was very gruelling; to the extent that the election had to be repeated. What efforts does government have now to iron out the differences and the cleavages that were so visibly explicit in the campaign to ensure that the vision of the AU is not compromised and to ensure that the new chairperson does not have difficultly in executing her duties? Because, before she became the SADC candidate, she was, first of all, a South African and she needs us as South Africans to be behind her. Thank you.