With me, as a town clerk or city manager, there are certain things that I'm supposed to do - if I don't… — Thabo Mbeki Copy Share Image
If you don't understand history, you will not be able to deal with today's issues. — 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
There are black companies that are very active in the economy, that are growing and not on the basis of mergers and… — Thabo Mbeki Copy Share Image
I am quite convinced that we need to increase the resources that go to municipalities if we want the municipalities to do… — Thabo Mbeki Copy Share Image
South Africa has faced many problems in the past. You would understand those problems if you understood the history of the struggle… — Thabo Mbeki Copy Share Image
I would regret it if I'd failed at school and university, because if I had, I would have lacked the levels of… — 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
If we don't move forward with regard to creating a non-racial society in South Africa and we allow this legacy of apartheid… — Thabo Mbeki Copy Share Image
I should also say that apart from the negotiations that are taking place within the WTO, we are ourselves involved in all… — Thabo Mbeki Copy Share Image
If you look at the Company Register, maybe that's what we should say to that business consultant or analyst. If you look… — Thabo Mbeki Copy Share Image
Do you know what the largest single cause of death in South Africa is? The largest single cause of death is what… — 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
I don't know why you should isolate women in this regard. If you have a traditional leader who says 'I am the… — 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… — 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
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
