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 Image
I am sure that it wouldn’t be in the long-term interests of China which would continue to depend on these African resources… — Thabo Mbeki Copy Share Image
It is quite easy to understand what China would need from the African continent with regards to its own economy, raw materials,… — Thabo Mbeki Copy Share Image
The concern around probable questions, which in a sense have been hidden, will grow around the world and the matter is critical,… — Thabo Mbeki Copy Share Image
What moved us was not so much what would it do for South Africa, but there has been a great keenness on… — Thabo Mbeki Copy Share Image
We would continue to handle our relations with the rest of the Continent with that kind of sensitivity. — Thabo Mbeki Copy Share Image
You cannot just depend on the market, because the market will say: China needs oil; China needs coal; China needs whatever, and… — Thabo Mbeki Copy Share Image
China surely must be interested in a more stable, non-antagonistic relationship with the African continent precisely because of its own needs. And… — Thabo Mbeki Copy Share Image
I think the Internet is absolutely extraordinary. It's very, very useful and I think one of the things we've got to do… — 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
We will continue to count on your unwavering support and commitment to working with leaders of our continent in bringing about the… — Thabo Mbeki Copy Share Image
I don't think there would be many examples of South Africa pushing its weight around the African Continent. I don't think the… — Thabo Mbeki Copy Share Image
I must say that, in the first instance, we got the request from many African countries who said, look, you people had… — Thabo Mbeki Copy Share Image
Read a textbook. It will tell you. These are the things for instance on the African continent that will contribute to immune… — 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 Image
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 Image
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 Image
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 Image
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 Image
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 Image
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 Image
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 Image
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 Image
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 Image
“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 Image
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 Image
