We have to continue to confront the challenge of corruption within the public service. — Thabo Mbeki Copy Share Image
The people of Zimbabwe have a responsibility to ensure that the government that they elected behaves properly. — Thabo Mbeki Copy Share Image
Certainly the Government has tried to handle the matter of our relations with the rest of the Continent in a very sensitive… — Thabo Mbeki Copy Share Image
A democratic government in South Africa is not a threat to white people. — Thabo Mbeki Copy Share Image
The King had been a good friend of the government and the people of South Africa and we all mourn his passing… — Thabo Mbeki Copy Share Image
There must be no abuse of people and they did ask that the South Africa Government should give them whatever support they… — Thabo Mbeki Copy Share Image
We differ with the Israeli Government about a number of things, and they know that. In the past, I have discussed with… — Thabo Mbeki Copy Share Image
I don't imagine Heads of Government would ever be able to say I'm not an economist therefore I can't take decisions on… — Thabo Mbeki Copy Share Image
If you look at government policy generally, what government tries to do in all instances is to make sure that we take… — Thabo Mbeki Copy Share Image
You'll find a lot of rural municipalities, very, very big district municipalities that actually have no tax base whereas our system of… — Thabo Mbeki Copy Share Image
There are established processes of consultation between the Government, the parastatals and the trade unions, which have worked in the past. And… — Thabo Mbeki Copy Share Image
That is one of the reasons why we have raised this matter about the need to focus quite sharply on the function… — Thabo Mbeki Copy Share Image
Historically during the years of the White minority regimes, the State, the national Government held this land in trust for these communities.… — Thabo Mbeki Copy Share Image
If you look for instance at the automobile industry, part of the reason that you have the expansion of that sector, is… — Thabo Mbeki Copy Share Image
You can say to this unemployed family, people are indigent, that they must pay for water and this and that and refuse… — Thabo Mbeki Copy Share Image
When I was in government, the South African economy was growing at 4.5% - 5%. But then came the global financial crisis… — Thabo Mbeki Copy Share Image
There is a land problem in Zimbabwe, there is a need land for redistribution but it must be handled different, without violence,… — Thabo Mbeki Copy Share Image
I come back to what I had said earlier: the policies might be there but are people benefiting from the policies? You… — Thabo Mbeki Copy Share Image
We have been engaging the Government of Swaziland for some time on this issue of the democratization of Swaziland. In particular, I… — Thabo Mbeki Copy Share Image
I must say, with regard to Equatorial Guinea, the Government of Equatorial Guinea, as soon as they had arrested these people, sent… — Thabo Mbeki Copy Share Image
We should never become despondent because the weather is bad, nor should we turn triumphalist because the sun shines. — Thabo Mbeki Copy Share
That surely must be a concern to anyone who decides this drug must be given to stop transmissions, again from mother to child, which… — Thabo Mbeki Copy Share
We are not being arrogant or complacent when we are said that our country, as a united nation, has never in its entire history,… — Thabo Mbeki Copy Share
I think that probably the most important thing about our education was that it taught us to question even those things we thought we… — Thabo Mbeki Copy Share
What we are saying is that we need to consolidate the capacity to lend support. Because, one of the problems that's mentioned with regard… — Thabo Mbeki Copy Share
I say that why don't we bring all points of view. Sit around a table and discuss this evidence, and produce evidence as it… — Thabo Mbeki Copy Share
As Africans, we need to share common recognition that all of us stand to lose if we fail to transform our continent. — Thabo Mbeki Copy Share
I think you're a much happier person if you say 'Even if I get involved in politics, I'm only doing so in order to… — Thabo Mbeki Copy Share
I must say, with regard to Equatorial Guinea, the Government of Equatorial Guinea, as soon as they had arrested these people, sent a delegation… — Thabo Mbeki Copy Share
We are in the process of negotiating an agreement with the United States. We will be negotiating agreements with India and China. We are… — Thabo Mbeki Copy Share
“Her work sought to challenge all of us critically to reflect on the things we find comfort in believing without question.” — Thabo Mbeki Copy Share
Of course we run a very open economy, and therefore what happens in the rest of the world, in economic terms, obviously has an… — Thabo Mbeki Copy Share
Part of the issue around communal land, which became a matter of controversy, is that we are saying that this land must go back… — Thabo Mbeki Copy Share
Historically during the years of the White minority regimes, the State, the national Government held this land in trust for these communities. We said,… — Thabo Mbeki Copy Share
We want the National Intelligence, we want the Police, we want the Scorpions, any other institutions, the tax people, and so on, the totality… — Thabo Mbeki Copy Share
![“We differ with the Israeli Government about a number of things, and they know that. In the past, I have discussed with Prime Minister [Ariel] Sharon these issues. The fact that we differ about something or the other shouldn't be a matter of strain.” quote by Thabo Mbeki](https://sms4smile.com/q/img-quotes/b59/thabo-mbeki-2259_ariel_we-differ-with-the-israeli-government-ab_1383844.png)
