JOHANNESBURG, ʻApelika Hema - Ke kū nei ʻo ʻApelika Hema ma ke ʻano he wahi mākaʻikaʻi ma ka honua, wahi a ke Kuhina Kūʻai ʻo Marthinus van Schalkwyk.
"I ka makahiki i hala aku nei ua ulu mākou ma mua o ka pālua o ka honua awelika - 10.5 pakeneka no Ianuali a Nowemapa 2012, i hoʻohālikelike ʻia me ka ulu ʻana o ka honua awelika o ʻehā pakeneka," i ʻōlelo ai ʻo ia ma kahi hanana makana ma New York, e like me ke kope o kāna ʻōlelo.
"Me ka piʻi ʻana o ka ulu ʻana ma mua o ka pālua o ka awelika o ka honua a ʻehā ka nui o ka awelika honua inā e noʻonoʻo kekahi i nā malihini mai nā ʻāina ʻē, hiki iā mākou ke nānā maikaʻi i hope i ka makahiki 2012."
Ua ʻōlelo ʻo ia ua kūpaʻa mau ka mākaʻikaʻi ma ʻApelika Hema ma waena o ka pilikia kālā o ka honua 2008/2009.
"ʻO ʻApelika Hema kahi huakaʻi kūʻokoʻa a ʻokoʻa hoʻi e hāʻawi ana i nā ʻike mākaʻikaʻi e kūpono i kēlā me kēia ʻono a me ke kālā," wahi a Van Schalkwyk.
"Hīhoihoi nā malihini i ʻApelika Hema i ka nui o kēia ʻāina e hāʻawi aku ai, ʻo ia hoʻi nā ʻano ʻike like ʻole, ka waiwai o ke kālā, kā mākou ʻoihana mākaʻikaʻi honua, a ʻoiaʻiʻo hoʻi ko mākou poʻe moʻomeheu."
Ua ʻōlelo ʻo ia he makahiki kūikawā ʻo 2013 no ʻApelika Hema, ʻoiai ua komo ʻo ia i kāna makahiki 20th o ke aupuni democracy.
"Ma muli o nā mea a nā keʻena nūhou e haʻi aku iā ʻoe, ke mau nei ʻo ʻApelika Hema i ka moʻolelo o ka manaʻolana, kahi moʻolelo hoʻoikaika, a me kahi moʻolelo o ka wā e hiki mai ana," wahi a Van Schalkwyk.
"ʻO ia ke kumu i makemake nui ai ka poʻe e hele mai i ko mākou ʻāina a ʻike iā lākou iho."
He aha e lawe ʻia mai kēia ʻatikala:
- “Visitors to South Africa stand in awe of how much this country has to offer, which includes the variety of experiences, the value for money, our world-class tourism infrastructure, and of course our culturally-diverse people.
- "Ma muli o nā mea a nā keʻena nūhou e haʻi aku iā ʻoe, ke mau nei ʻo ʻApelika Hema i ka moʻolelo o ka manaʻolana, kahi moʻolelo hoʻoikaika, a me kahi moʻolelo o ka wā e hiki mai ana," wahi a Van Schalkwyk.
- 5 percent for January to November 2012, compared to a global average growth of four percent,” he said at an awards ceremony in New York, according to a copy of his speech.