If you don't understand history, you will not be able to deal with today's issues. — Thabo Mbeki Copy Share Image
We would take the same position as the majority of the world about this, including this issue where Prime Minister [Ariel] Sharon… — Thabo Mbeki Copy Share Image
One of the issues that I have raised in that context is our transport system, road, rail and ports. We have raised… — 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
It will be a comprehensive response. The ID issue is one of them. It will make sure that Home Affairs has the… — Thabo Mbeki Copy Share Image
We have a series of regular meetings with South African business. Big business. Black business. Agriculture. As well, of course, with the… — Thabo Mbeki Copy Share Image
The issue of racism and racial prejudice. It is very, very difficult to discuss. It is difficult to discuss the issue of… — Thabo Mbeki Copy Share Image
The Communal Land Rights Bill then said, since there would be those collectives set up in terms of the other legislation, there… — 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
This is community land that belongs to particular clans, and therefore, it must go back and its administration and the determination as… — 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
We have been at the matter of police pay for some time. Indeed, the Minister of Safety and Security and the National… — Thabo Mbeki Copy Share Image
Part of the issue around communal land, which became a matter of controversy, is that we are saying that this land must… — 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
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