Although this bubble burst in 2008, overcapacity in the financial sector did not automatically go away, but has had to, and still has to, be gradually shrunk in a process that has been going on for years – much as it also took years to build up.
The ongoing review of the mining legislation, expected to be completed by end of June this year, is encouraging. Ladies and gentlemen, agriculture holds a great promise for this country. At the recent Agriculture Symposium sponsored by the Government, a number of very good initiatives  4  BIS Review 86/2010  were agreed to by the various stakeholders who attended the Symposium.