Thank you, Deputy Speaker. Thank you, Deputy President, for a comprehensive response. Deputy President, you have reiterated that South Africa will continue to advance in a gradual process of continental integration using regional economic communities as building blocks for the African Union government. However, Deputy President, the recent initialling of the interim economic partnership agreements by some members of the region, that is of SADC, who are also members of the customs union, is threatening our own integration as a region.
Therefore, my question is: How do we intend to manage the process of finalising these negotiations, going forward, to ensure that harmonised regional integration is realised? Thank you.