--- title: "13 Instance Quotes By Thabo Mbeki" description: "13 Instance quotes by Thabo Mbeki. Plus more from Thabo Mbeki and more Instance sayings from other authors." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/41d/thabo-mbeki-2259_concerned_clearly-we-are-very-very-concerned-about_1983054.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) > [If you look at government policy generally, what government tries to do in all instances is to make sure that we take…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/thabo-mbeki/if-you-look-at-government-policy-generally-what-government-tries-to/) [Thabo Mbeki](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/thabo-mbeki/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/047/thabo-mbeki-2259_care_if-you-look-at-government-policy-general_1672508.png) > [For instance with regard to tourism, that we should be able to target people who are interested in investing in the tourism…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/thabo-mbeki/for-instance-with-regard-to-tourism-that-we-should-be-able-to-target/) [Thabo Mbeki](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/thabo-mbeki/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/786/thabo-mbeki-2259_able_for-instance-with-regard-to-tourism-that_2164431.png) > [The reports from the scientific world are that, there is very sadly an escalating impact of HIV and Aids in South Africa.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/thabo-mbeki/the-reports-from-the-scientific-world-are-that-there-is-very-sadly-an/) [Thabo Mbeki](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/thabo-mbeki/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/2f2/thabo-mbeki-2259_aids_the-reports-from-the-scientific-world-ar_2979301.png) > [Do you know what the largest single cause of death in South Africa is? The largest single cause of death is what…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/thabo-mbeki/do-you-know-what-the-largest-single-cause-of-death-in-south-africa-is/) [Thabo Mbeki](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/thabo-mbeki/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/de8/thabo-mbeki-2259_age_do-you-know-what-the-largest-single-caus_2624623.png) > [I must say that, in the first instance, we got the request from many African countries who said, look, you people had…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/thabo-mbeki/i-must-say-that-in-the-first-instance-we-got-the-request-from-many/) [Thabo Mbeki](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/thabo-mbeki/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/689/thabo-mbeki-2259_continents_i-must-say-that-in-the-first-instance-we_3101743.jpg) > [I come back to what I had said earlier: the policies might be there but are people benefiting from the policies? You…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/thabo-mbeki/i-come-back-to-what-i-had-said-earlier-the-policies-might-be-there/) [Thabo Mbeki](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/thabo-mbeki/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/92c/thabo-mbeki-2259_challenges_i-come-back-to-what-i-had-said-earlier-t_2805321.png) > [The problem is not unique; the challenge is not unique to South Africa. Other African countries have faced it. But in our…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/thabo-mbeki/the-problem-is-not-unique-the-challenge-is-not-unique-to-south-africa/) [Thabo Mbeki](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/thabo-mbeki/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/7a3/thabo-mbeki-2259_areas_the-problem-is-not-unique-the-challenge_2382982.jpg) > [We identified various sectors of the economy, which we said were growth sectors. I have mentioned tourism. We said, for instance, agro-business.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/thabo-mbeki/we-identified-various-sectors-of-the-economy-which-we-said-were/) [Thabo Mbeki](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/thabo-mbeki/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/347/thabo-mbeki-2259_business_we-identified-various-sectors-of-the-eco_323667.jpg) > [The law enforcement authorities have got a fairly good idea of who are these principal criminals. Who are the people, for instance,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/thabo-mbeki/the-law-enforcement-authorities-have-got-a-fairly-good-idea-of-who/) [Thabo Mbeki](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/thabo-mbeki/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/0cd/thabo-mbeki-2259_authority_the-law-enforcement-authorities-have-got_2998291.png) > [Read a textbook. It will tell you. These are the things for instance on the African continent that will contribute to immune…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/thabo-mbeki/read-a-textbook-it-will-tell-you-these-are-the-things-for-instance-on/) [Thabo Mbeki](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/thabo-mbeki/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/cfd/thabo-mbeki-2259_african-continent_read-a-textbook-it-will-tell-you-these-a_3111547.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) > [Clearly, there needs to be an increase in the capacity of the railway system. That's why there are these projections of increasing…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/thabo-mbeki/clearly-there-needs-to-be-an-increase-in-the-capacity-of-the-railway/) [Thabo Mbeki](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/thabo-mbeki/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/b33/thabo-mbeki-2259_capacity_clearly-there-needs-to-be-an-increase-in_238094.jpg) ## Other authors on Instance ## 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/instance/thabo-mbeki/#itemlist", "name": "13 Instance Quotes By Thabo Mbeki", "numberOfItems": 13, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "Clearly, we are very, very concerned about the situation, for instance, that has been going on in Gaza.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Thabo Mbeki" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/thabo-mbeki/clearly-we-are-very-very-concerned-about-the-situation-for-instance/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/41d/thabo-mbeki-2259_concerned_clearly-we-are-very-very-concerned-about_1983054.png", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/41d/thabo-mbeki-2259_concerned_clearly-we-are-very-very-concerned-about_1983054.png", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/41d/thabo-mbeki-2259_concerned_clearly-we-are-very-very-concerned-about_1983054.png", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“Clearly, we are very, very concerned about the situation, for instance, that has been going on in Gaza.” — Thabo Mbeki", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 2, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "If you look at government policy generally, what government tries to do in all instances is to make sure that we take care of all elements that might relate to a particular issue.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Thabo Mbeki" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/thabo-mbeki/if-you-look-at-government-policy-generally-what-government-tries-to/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/047/thabo-mbeki-2259_care_if-you-look-at-government-policy-general_1672508.png", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/047/thabo-mbeki-2259_care_if-you-look-at-government-policy-general_1672508.png", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/047/thabo-mbeki-2259_care_if-you-look-at-government-policy-general_1672508.png", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“If you look at government policy generally, what government tries to do in all instances is to make sure…” — Thabo Mbeki", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 3, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "For instance with regard to tourism, that we should be able to target people who are interested in investing in the tourism sector and explain that this is the size of the market, these are the incentives in this particular area, this is the capacity, this is what is needed.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Thabo Mbeki" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/thabo-mbeki/for-instance-with-regard-to-tourism-that-we-should-be-able-to-target/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/786/thabo-mbeki-2259_able_for-instance-with-regard-to-tourism-that_2164431.png", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/786/thabo-mbeki-2259_able_for-instance-with-regard-to-tourism-that_2164431.png", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/786/thabo-mbeki-2259_able_for-instance-with-regard-to-tourism-that_2164431.png", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“For instance with regard to tourism, that we should be able to target people who are interested in investing…” — Thabo Mbeki", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 4, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "The reports from the scientific world are that, there is very sadly an escalating impact of HIV and Aids in South Africa. And it’s from what I have read assuming distinct characteristics which were atypical of how this phenomenon had developed in the States and therefore this meant that we look at what it is that results in all of this, specific to our country.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Thabo Mbeki" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/thabo-mbeki/the-reports-from-the-scientific-world-are-that-there-is-very-sadly-an/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/2f2/thabo-mbeki-2259_aids_the-reports-from-the-scientific-world-ar_2979301.png", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/2f2/thabo-mbeki-2259_aids_the-reports-from-the-scientific-world-ar_2979301.png", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/2f2/thabo-mbeki-2259_aids_the-reports-from-the-scientific-world-ar_2979301.png", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“The reports from the scientific world are that, there is very sadly an escalating impact of HIV and Aids in…” — Thabo Mbeki", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 5, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "Do you know what the largest single cause of death in South Africa is? The largest single cause of death is what in the medical statistics is called external causes and that is violence in the society. For instance I've seen figures that say that if you take the male age cohort from16 to 45 years, 54% of the people who die in that age cohort die from external causes.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Thabo Mbeki" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/thabo-mbeki/do-you-know-what-the-largest-single-cause-of-death-in-south-africa-is/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/de8/thabo-mbeki-2259_age_do-you-know-what-the-largest-single-caus_2624623.png", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/de8/thabo-mbeki-2259_age_do-you-know-what-the-largest-single-caus_2624623.png", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/de8/thabo-mbeki-2259_age_do-you-know-what-the-largest-single-caus_2624623.png", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“Do you know what the largest single cause of death in South Africa is? 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We have said, fine.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Thabo Mbeki" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/thabo-mbeki/i-must-say-that-in-the-first-instance-we-got-the-request-from-many/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/689/thabo-mbeki-2259_continents_i-must-say-that-in-the-first-instance-we_3101743.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/689/thabo-mbeki-2259_continents_i-must-say-that-in-the-first-instance-we_3101743.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/689/thabo-mbeki-2259_continents_i-must-say-that-in-the-first-instance-we_3101743.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“I must say that, in the first instance, we got the request from many African countries who said, look, you…” — Thabo Mbeki", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 7, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "I come back to what I had said earlier: the policies might be there but are people benefiting from the policies? You do find that in many instances, though the policies exist, they are not having the necessary impact. That is a particular challenge in local government, because that is where all the services get delivered.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Thabo Mbeki" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/thabo-mbeki/i-come-back-to-what-i-had-said-earlier-the-policies-might-be-there/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/92c/thabo-mbeki-2259_challenges_i-come-back-to-what-i-had-said-earlier-t_2805321.png", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/92c/thabo-mbeki-2259_challenges_i-come-back-to-what-i-had-said-earlier-t_2805321.png", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/92c/thabo-mbeki-2259_challenges_i-come-back-to-what-i-had-said-earlier-t_2805321.png", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“I come back to what I had said earlier: the policies might be there but are people benefiting from the…” — Thabo Mbeki", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 8, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "The problem is not unique; the challenge is not unique to South Africa. Other African countries have faced it. But in our case, we have got to solve the problem. You have got an institutional traditional leadership, which functions in a particular way, in for instance, your communal areas.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Thabo Mbeki" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/thabo-mbeki/the-problem-is-not-unique-the-challenge-is-not-unique-to-south-africa/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/7a3/thabo-mbeki-2259_areas_the-problem-is-not-unique-the-challenge_2382982.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/7a3/thabo-mbeki-2259_areas_the-problem-is-not-unique-the-challenge_2382982.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/7a3/thabo-mbeki-2259_areas_the-problem-is-not-unique-the-challenge_2382982.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“The problem is not unique; the challenge is not unique to South Africa. 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It must be possible to process those.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Thabo Mbeki" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/thabo-mbeki/we-identified-various-sectors-of-the-economy-which-we-said-were/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/347/thabo-mbeki-2259_business_we-identified-various-sectors-of-the-eco_323667.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/347/thabo-mbeki-2259_business_we-identified-various-sectors-of-the-eco_323667.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/347/thabo-mbeki-2259_business_we-identified-various-sectors-of-the-eco_323667.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“We identified various sectors of the economy, which we said were growth sectors. 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