--- title: "13 Has beens Quotes By Thabo Mbeki" description: "13 Has beens quotes by Thabo Mbeki. Plus more from Thabo Mbeki and more Has beens sayings from other authors." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/e05/thabo-mbeki-2259_bigs_we-are-a-very-big-mining-country-and-his_1033533.png" --- > [We are a very big mining country and historically have been exporters of raw minerals. There is no particular reason why we…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/thabo-mbeki/we-are-a-very-big-mining-country-and-historically-have-been-exporters/) [Thabo Mbeki](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/thabo-mbeki/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/e05/thabo-mbeki-2259_bigs_we-are-a-very-big-mining-country-and-his_1033533.png) > [Clearly, we are very, very concerned about the situation, for instance, that has been going on in Gaza.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/thabo-mbeki/clearly-we-are-very-very-concerned-about-the-situation-for-instance/) [Thabo Mbeki](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/thabo-mbeki/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/41d/thabo-mbeki-2259_concerned_clearly-we-are-very-very-concerned-about_1983054.png) > [The parastatals are an important driver of the process of Black Economic Empowerment and they have been doing it, and will continue…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/thabo-mbeki/the-parastatals-are-an-important-driver-of-the-process-of-black/) [Thabo Mbeki](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/thabo-mbeki/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/996/thabo-mbeki-2259_black_the-parastatals-are-an-important-driver_2172840.png) > [Whoever we may be, whatever our immediate interest, however much we carry baggage from our past, however much we have been caught…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/thabo-mbeki/whoever-we-may-be-whatever-our-immediate-interest-however-much-we/) [Thabo Mbeki](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/thabo-mbeki/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/6d7/thabo-mbeki-2259_baggage_whoever-we-may-be-whatever-our-immediate_2159601.jpg) > [The matters I am talking about regarding the ports. That matter has been discussed with the unions, and agreed, and therefore there…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/thabo-mbeki/the-matters-i-am-talking-about-regarding-the-ports-that-matter-has/) [Thabo Mbeki](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/thabo-mbeki/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/7bb/thabo-mbeki-2259_engagement_the-matters-i-am-talking-about-regarding_2565922.png) > [What moved us was not so much what would it do for South Africa, but there has been a great keenness on…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/thabo-mbeki/what-moved-us-was-not-so-much-what-would-it-do-for-south-africa-but/) [Thabo Mbeki](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/thabo-mbeki/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/58c/thabo-mbeki-2259_add_what-moved-us-was-not-so-much-what-would_1076668.jpg) > [The Auditor-General has been complaining year in and year out that the municipalities have not paid auditing fees. It is not because…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/thabo-mbeki/the-auditor-general-has-been-complaining-year-in-and-year-out-that/) [Thabo Mbeki](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/thabo-mbeki/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/f08/thabo-mbeki-2259_auditors_the-auditor-general-has-been-complaining_1619895.jpg) > [That it is not enough to catch a criminal and get them convicted and so on, because the victim remains with the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/thabo-mbeki/that-it-is-not-enough-to-catch-a-criminal-and-get-them-convicted-and/) [Thabo Mbeki](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/thabo-mbeki/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/dc5/thabo-mbeki-2259_affected_that-it-is-not-enough-to-catch-a-crimina_849224.png) > [We have been at the matter of police pay for some time. Indeed, the Minister of Safety and Security and the National…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/thabo-mbeki/we-have-been-at-the-matter-of-police-pay-for-some-time-indeed-the/) [Thabo Mbeki](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/thabo-mbeki/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/341/thabo-mbeki-2259_administration_we-have-been-at-the-matter-of-police-pay_1735599.jpg) > [We have been engaging the Government of Swaziland for some time on this issue of the democratization of Swaziland. In particular, I…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/thabo-mbeki/we-have-been-engaging-the-government-of-swaziland-for-some-time-on/) [Thabo Mbeki](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/thabo-mbeki/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/480/thabo-mbeki-2259_consensus_we-have-been-engaging-the-government-of_2139511.jpg) > [The point we are making is that the general global messages have been communicated, about the politics of South Africa, about the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/thabo-mbeki/the-point-we-are-making-is-that-the-general-global-messages-have-been/) [Thabo Mbeki](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/thabo-mbeki/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/9da/thabo-mbeki-2259_areas_the-point-we-are-making-is-that-the-gene_2427355.png) > [If you look for instance at the automobile industry, part of the reason that you have the expansion of that sector, is…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/thabo-mbeki/if-you-look-for-instance-at-the-automobile-industry-part-of-the/) [Thabo Mbeki](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/thabo-mbeki/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/561/thabo-mbeki-2259_automobile_if-you-look-for-instance-at-the-automobi_482059.png) > [I think the critical point, really, is that we need to focus black economic empowerment more on the creation of new wealth…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/thabo-mbeki/i-think-the-critical-point-really-is-that-we-need-to-focus-black/) [Thabo Mbeki](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/thabo-mbeki/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/324/thabo-mbeki-2259_big-deal_i-think-the-critical-point-really-is-tha_2284314.png) ## Other authors on Has beens ## 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/) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/has-beens/thabo-mbeki/#itemlist", "name": "13 Has beens Quotes By Thabo Mbeki", "numberOfItems": 13, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "We are a very big mining country and historically have been exporters of raw minerals. 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And, so we said, fine, it's a contribution to this process of the democratisation of the African Continent.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Thabo Mbeki" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/thabo-mbeki/what-moved-us-was-not-so-much-what-would-it-do-for-south-africa-but/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/58c/thabo-mbeki-2259_add_what-moved-us-was-not-so-much-what-would_1076668.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/58c/thabo-mbeki-2259_add_what-moved-us-was-not-so-much-what-would_1076668.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/58c/thabo-mbeki-2259_add_what-moved-us-was-not-so-much-what-would_1076668.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“What moved us was not so much what would it do for South Africa, but there has been a great keenness on the…” — Thabo Mbeki", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 7, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "The Auditor-General has been complaining year in and year out that the municipalities have not paid auditing fees. 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Something needs to be done. Let's complete that process, interact with civil society about this, so that we will specify what is it that we do in the context of that Charter that would then make this positive impact on people who might have been affected by crime.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Thabo Mbeki" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/thabo-mbeki/that-it-is-not-enough-to-catch-a-criminal-and-get-them-convicted-and/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/dc5/thabo-mbeki-2259_affected_that-it-is-not-enough-to-catch-a-crimina_849224.png", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/dc5/thabo-mbeki-2259_affected_that-it-is-not-enough-to-catch-a-crimina_849224.png", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/dc5/thabo-mbeki-2259_affected_that-it-is-not-enough-to-catch-a-crimina_849224.png", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“That it is not enough to catch a criminal and get them convicted and so on, because the victim remains with…” — Thabo Mbeki", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 9, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "We have been at the matter of police pay for some time. Indeed, the Minister of Safety and Security and the National Commissioner of Police have raised this matter. Treasury has been looking at it and the Public Service and Administration Minister has been looking at it. It is a matter with which we are engaged, the salaries issue, as well as the resource question with regard to vehicles and, and all other matters, including the skills issues.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Thabo Mbeki" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/thabo-mbeki/we-have-been-at-the-matter-of-police-pay-for-some-time-indeed-the/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/341/thabo-mbeki-2259_administration_we-have-been-at-the-matter-of-police-pay_1735599.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/341/thabo-mbeki-2259_administration_we-have-been-at-the-matter-of-police-pay_1735599.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/341/thabo-mbeki-2259_administration_we-have-been-at-the-matter-of-police-pay_1735599.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“We have been at the matter of police pay for some time. 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