Hon Speaker, people will have ideas about what needs to be done, particularly when it comes to the economy, and some might even feel that maybe we need another Codesa. I haven't thought about another Codesa really, because I think the economic policies that we have at the moment are very clear, and therefore certain. I don't think there are uncertainties about the economic policies. We are talking about the National Development Plan, which is not a common thing in many countries. To have the entire society agreeing to the plan - even in countries where they have got national commissions - is not necessarily subscribed to by everybody.
In South Africa, we have agreed and shown the capacity to appreciate where we are heading to as a country. This is the plan that has been produced by South Africans together; it has just been introduced and everybody thinks that it is moving in the right direction. It is certainly going to be discussed in Nedlac, where different kinds of people represent different interests. I'm sure that they will be agreeing on a number of issues.
I'm not sure if we need Codesa in the economy. There are more meetings about the economy in this country than there are in any other sector. I don't know why we should have Codesa, unless somebody convinces me differently about what we are doing. One of the things that we should take into account is the uncertainty about whether the economists in the world are agreeing on every assumption. They've got different assumptions. They probably are agreeing on a general direction.
And if we were to come to Codesa, would we come out of it differently? By the time we came out of Codesa, would the DA agree with the policies of the ANC - which are so correct - or would the Freedom Front agree? Would the economists who are not in political parties and not influenced by political policies, agree in totality? I think we have had a lot of those kinds of discussion, and they will continue. We need, for example, government to meet with business, labour and social communities, and discuss this matter. There are issues which we at times agree on, and issues that we may not agree on to the last degree. But I think what is important is that the economy of the country must move forward.
The National Development Plan plays a bigger role in making us agree on our direction and on what we need to tackle. We might not be agreeing on the methods, and those are the issues that we keep on discussing all the time. I'm not certain if we need Codesa for now. I think all role-players are interacting sufficiently in terms of the available policies, which we are implementing. Thank you very much, hon Speaker.