Mr Chairman, the Minister asks: How best can we achieve one, united, prosperous Africa? We answer as the FF Plus by being realistic and not overambitious when we talk of one United States of Africa.
If we are unrealistic in our dreams, we shall fail. Everything will be delayed by many years. Are we really ready at this moment to choose one leader for Africa? I'm afraid not. You know, we struggled to decide who must represent Africa at the Security Council, and it was much easier to do that.
Are we ready for one single currency, meaning putting together the strong pula with a weak Zim dollar? I'm afraid the answer is no. So these are unrealistic dreams.
The European Union started in 1957 with six members and then built up slowly. After 50 years, they now have 27 members. So what is our advice, if I may put it that way? Let's keep the dream alive; let's be realistic. Start regionally with SADC. Build up the infrastructure of SADC. There are lots of possibilities there. Get co-operation going at regional level, start dreaming about the bigger one and then slowly build up to that. I think that's realistic, that's within our reach and can be achieved within, hopefully, our lifetime.