At a press conference on March 1st the GOSS investment minister, General Oyay Deng Ajak, said that GOSS was still consulting on the question of whether the capital of South Sudan should be relocated. According to Mr Deng, four options are being considered, one being to relocate the state government of Central Equatoria but leave the national capital in Juba, the others involving moving the capital to a new site, either within Central Equatoria, or to a place called Ramciel, which is notionally the geographic centre of Southern Sudan but is not yet even a town. Mr Deng acknowledged that many countries' capitals were not geographically central and that relocation would be expensive. But the fact that he and other officials are giving the subject consideration is an indication of the political sensitivities within Southern Sudan about land use rights and ownership. Juba and Central Equatoria, where the city lies, have historically been the territory primarily of the Bari, not the Dinka or Nuer, the two tribal groups that are most represented in the SPLM and GOSS. However, it is also an indication of what ideas or schemes GOSS is willing to spend time and money on. Given that Juba has a complex of purpose-built ministry buildings, and a parliament building, all of which have been rehabilitated over the past six years, it appears excessive to try to relocate the capital now. This may not prevent GOSS throwing some money at the idea in the future, much as last year a Gulf-based company was contracted to draw up a set of animal-shaped city development designs for the ten state capitals in Southern Sudan.