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> [There is a land problem in Zimbabwe, there is a need land for redistribution but it must be handled different, without violence,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/thabo-mbeki/there-is-a-land-problem-in-zimbabwe-there-is-a-need-land-for/)

[Thabo Mbeki](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/thabo-mbeki/)

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> [South Africa belongs to all who live in it, black and white.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/thabo-mbeki/south-africa-belongs-to-all-who-live-in-it-black-and-white/)

[Thabo Mbeki](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/thabo-mbeki/)

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> [If we don't move forward with regard to creating a non-racial society in South Africa and we allow this legacy of apartheid…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/thabo-mbeki/if-we-don-t-move-forward-with-regard-to-creating-a-non-racial-society/)

[Thabo Mbeki](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/thabo-mbeki/)

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## More by Thabo Mbeki

> [We should never become despondent because the weather is bad, nor should we turn triumphalist because the sun shines.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/thabo-mbeki/we-should-never-become-despondent-because-the-weather-is-bad-nor/)

[Thabo Mbeki](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/thabo-mbeki/)

> [That surely must be a concern to anyone who decides this drug must be given to stop transmissions, again from mother to child, which…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/thabo-mbeki/that-surely-must-be-a-concern-to-anyone-who-decides-this-drug-must-be/)

[Thabo Mbeki](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/thabo-mbeki/)

> [We are not being arrogant or complacent when we are said that our country, as a united nation, has never in its entire history,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/thabo-mbeki/we-are-not-being-arrogant-or-complacent-when-we-are-said-that-our/)

[Thabo Mbeki](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/thabo-mbeki/)

> [I think that probably the most important thing about our education was that it taught us to question even those things we thought we…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/thabo-mbeki/i-think-that-probably-the-most-important-thing-about-our-education/)

[Thabo Mbeki](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/thabo-mbeki/)

> [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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/thabo-mbeki/what-we-are-saying-is-that-we-need-to-consolidate-the-capacity-to/)

[Thabo Mbeki](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/thabo-mbeki/)

> [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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/thabo-mbeki/i-say-that-why-don-t-we-bring-all-points-of-view-sit-around-a-table/)

[Thabo Mbeki](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/thabo-mbeki/)

> [As Africans, we need to share common recognition that all of us stand to lose if we fail to transform our continent.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/thabo-mbeki/as-africans-we-need-to-share-common-recognition-that-all-of-us-stand/)

[Thabo Mbeki](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/thabo-mbeki/)

> [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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/thabo-mbeki/i-think-you-re-a-much-happier-person-if-you-say-even-if-i-get/)

[Thabo Mbeki](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/thabo-mbeki/)

> [I must say, with regard to Equatorial Guinea, the Government of Equatorial Guinea, as soon as they had arrested these people, sent a delegation…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/thabo-mbeki/i-must-say-with-regard-to-equatorial-guinea-the-government-of/)

[Thabo Mbeki](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/thabo-mbeki/)

> [We are in the process of negotiating an agreement with the United States. We will be negotiating agreements with India and China. We are…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/thabo-mbeki/we-are-in-the-process-of-negotiating-an-agreement-with-the-united/)

[Thabo Mbeki](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/thabo-mbeki/)

> [“Her work sought to challenge all of us critically to reflect on the things we find comfort in believing without question.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/thabo-mbeki/her-work-sought-to-challenge-all-of-us-critically-to-reflect-on-the/)

[Thabo Mbeki](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/thabo-mbeki/)

> [Of course we run a very open economy, and therefore what happens in the rest of the world, in economic terms, obviously has an…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/thabo-mbeki/of-course-we-run-a-very-open-economy-and-therefore-what-happens-in/)

[Thabo Mbeki](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/thabo-mbeki/)

> [Part of the issue around communal land, which became a matter of controversy, is that we are saying that this land must go back…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/thabo-mbeki/part-of-the-issue-around-communal-land-which-became-a-matter-of/)

[Thabo Mbeki](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/thabo-mbeki/)

> [Historically during the years of the White minority regimes, the State, the national Government held this land in trust for these communities. We said,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/thabo-mbeki/historically-during-the-years-of-the-white-minority-regimes-the-state/)

[Thabo Mbeki](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/thabo-mbeki/)

> [We want the National Intelligence, we want the Police, we want the Scorpions, any other institutions, the tax people, and so on, the totality…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/thabo-mbeki/we-want-the-national-intelligence-we-want-the-police-we-want-the/)

[Thabo Mbeki](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/thabo-mbeki/)

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