--- title: "29 Needs Quotes By Thabo Mbeki" description: "29 Needs quotes by Thabo Mbeki. Plus more from Thabo Mbeki and more Needs sayings from other authors." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/cb5/thabo-mbeki-2259_economy_a-modern-economy-and-society-requires-sk_575296.png" --- > [A modern economy and society requires skilled people, so you need to train them.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/thabo-mbeki/a-modern-economy-and-society-requires-skilled-people-so-you-need-to/) [Thabo Mbeki](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/thabo-mbeki/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/cb5/thabo-mbeki-2259_economy_a-modern-economy-and-society-requires-sk_575296.png) > [We need to increase the capacity; we need to improve performance so that we are more effective at lending that kind of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/thabo-mbeki/we-need-to-increase-the-capacity-we-need-to-improve-performance-so/) [Thabo Mbeki](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/thabo-mbeki/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/0e6/thabo-mbeki-2259_capacity_we-need-to-increase-the-capacity-we-need_1886177.png) > [The public service needs lots of people, South Africa generally, needs lots of people.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/thabo-mbeki/the-public-service-needs-lots-of-people-south-africa-generally-needs/) [Thabo Mbeki](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/thabo-mbeki/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/6c8/thabo-mbeki-2259_needs_the-public-service-needs-lots-of-people_2069941.png) > [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/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/609/thabo-mbeki-2259_africans_as-africans-we-need-to-share-common-reco_63892.png) > [South Africa now needs skilled and educated people to say 'How do we manage and develop this democratic country?'](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/thabo-mbeki/south-africa-now-needs-skilled-and-educated-people-to-say-how-do-we/) [Thabo Mbeki](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/thabo-mbeki/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/3e8/thabo-mbeki-2259_country_south-africa-now-needs-skilled-and-educa_2039925.png) > [Gloom and despondency have never defeated adversity. Trying times need courage and resilience. Our strength as a people is not tested during…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/thabo-mbeki/gloom-and-despondency-have-never-defeated-adversity-trying-times-need/) [Thabo Mbeki](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/thabo-mbeki/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/2d6/thabo-mbeki-2259_adversity_gloom-and-despondency-have-never-defeate_3221210.png) > [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) > [That is one of the reasons why we have raised this matter about the need to focus quite sharply on the function…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/thabo-mbeki/that-is-one-of-the-reasons-why-we-have-raised-this-matter-about-the/) [Thabo Mbeki](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/thabo-mbeki/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/fb1/thabo-mbeki-2259_focus_that-is-one-of-the-reasons-why-we-have-r_590829.jpg) > [It is quite easy to understand what China would need from the African continent with regards to its own economy, raw materials,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/thabo-mbeki/it-is-quite-easy-to-understand-what-china-would-need-from-the-african/) [Thabo Mbeki](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/thabo-mbeki/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/022/thabo-mbeki-2259_african-continent_it-is-quite-easy-to-understand-what-chin_769981.png) > [What we are saying is that we need to consolidate the capacity to lend support. Because, one of the problems that's mentioned…](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/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/6bd/thabo-mbeki-2259_black_what-we-are-saying-is-that-we-need-to-co_40606.jpg) > [I am quite convinced that we need to increase the resources that go to municipalities if we want the municipalities to do…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/thabo-mbeki/i-am-quite-convinced-that-we-need-to-increase-the-resources-that-go/) [Thabo Mbeki](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/thabo-mbeki/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/2cc/thabo-mbeki-2259_avoided_i-am-quite-convinced-that-we-need-to-inc_2644006.jpg) > [I think anybody who knows anything about South Africa and the South African economy would know that one of the big constraints…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/thabo-mbeki/i-think-anybody-who-knows-anything-about-south-africa-and-the-south/) [Thabo Mbeki](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/thabo-mbeki/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/935/thabo-mbeki-2259_bigs_i-think-anybody-who-knows-anything-about_1554522.jpg) > [Сertainly to the extent that we talk about not just procurement in the sense of acquiring goods from the rest of the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/thabo-mbeki/ertainly-to-the-extent-that-we-talk-about-not-just-procurement-in-the/) [Thabo Mbeki](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/thabo-mbeki/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/034/thabo-mbeki-2259_areas_ertainly-to-the-extent-that-we-talk-abou_2858996.png) > [For an investor who is sitting in the United States, and South Africa is very far from the United States, you need…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/thabo-mbeki/for-an-investor-who-is-sitting-in-the-united-states-and-south-africa/) [Thabo Mbeki](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/thabo-mbeki/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/286/thabo-mbeki-2259_investing_for-an-investor-who-is-sitting-in-the-un_822350.jpg) > [We need to do a lot of restructuring of the existing ports, particularly Durban. The separation of oversight and regulation from operations…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/thabo-mbeki/we-need-to-do-a-lot-of-restructuring-of-the-existing-ports/) [Thabo Mbeki](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/thabo-mbeki/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/3ae/thabo-mbeki-2259_capacity_we-need-to-do-a-lot-of-restructuring-of_951022.png) > [You cannot just depend on the market, because the market will say: China needs oil; China needs coal; China needs whatever, and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/thabo-mbeki/you-cannot-just-depend-on-the-market-because-the-market-will-say/) [Thabo Mbeki](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/thabo-mbeki/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/f34/thabo-mbeki-2259_abundance_you-cannot-just-depend-on-the-market-bec_1567617.jpg) > [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/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/832/thabo-mbeki-2259_black_there-is-a-land-problem-in-zimbabwe-ther_635056.png) > [There is a section of our population in South Africa that you can't expect to get integrated in the economy of its…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/thabo-mbeki/there-is-a-section-of-our-population-in-south-africa-that-you-can-t/) [Thabo Mbeki](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/thabo-mbeki/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/c36/thabo-mbeki-2259_capacity_there-is-a-section-of-our-population-in_1363722.jpg) > [You can say to this unemployed family, people are indigent, that they must pay for water and this and that and refuse…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/thabo-mbeki/you-can-say-to-this-unemployed-family-people-are-indigent-that-they/) [Thabo Mbeki](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/thabo-mbeki/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/e0f/thabo-mbeki-2259_access_you-can-say-to-this-unemployed-family-pe_741339.png) > [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) > [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) > [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) > [We have a series of regular meetings with South African business. Big business. Black business. Agriculture. As well, of course, with the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/thabo-mbeki/we-have-a-series-of-regular-meetings-with-south-african-business-big/) [Thabo Mbeki](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/thabo-mbeki/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/5c8/thabo-mbeki-2259_addresses_we-have-a-series-of-regular-meetings-wit_3192010.jpg) > [The Communal Land Rights Bill then said, since there would be those collectives set up in terms of the other legislation, there…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/thabo-mbeki/the-communal-land-rights-bill-then-said-since-there-would-be-those/) [Thabo Mbeki](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/thabo-mbeki/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/134/thabo-mbeki-2259_bills_the-communal-land-rights-bill-then-said_1711990.png) > [The problems that are arising at Johannesburg International Airport are because of the growth of volume, not because of inefficiencies at the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/thabo-mbeki/the-problems-that-are-arising-at-johannesburg-international-airport/) [Thabo Mbeki](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/thabo-mbeki/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/7ef/thabo-mbeki-2259_air_the-problems-that-are-arising-at-johanne_1747937.jpg) > [It is critically important that Iran should not develop nuclear weapons. And that the necessary interventions need to be made by the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/thabo-mbeki/it-is-critically-important-that-iran-should-not-develop-nuclear/) [Thabo Mbeki](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/thabo-mbeki/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/971/thabo-mbeki-2259_agency_it-is-critically-important-that-iran-sho_553673.jpg) > [You need to be able to do that to market these possibilities to these specific investors who would be interested in a…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/thabo-mbeki/you-need-to-be-able-to-do-that-to-market-these-possibilities-to-these/) [Thabo Mbeki](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/thabo-mbeki/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/16e/thabo-mbeki-2259_able_you-need-to-be-able-to-do-that-to-market_2494061.jpg) > [You might indeed be able to provide this money that people need to start a business, but can they run a business?…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/thabo-mbeki/you-might-indeed-be-able-to-provide-this-money-that-people-need-to/) [Thabo Mbeki](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/thabo-mbeki/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/c83/thabo-mbeki-2259_able_you-might-indeed-be-able-to-provide-this_2631161.jpg) > [China surely must be interested in a more stable, non-antagonistic relationship with the African continent precisely because of its own needs. And…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/thabo-mbeki/china-surely-must-be-interested-in-a-more-stable-non-antagonistic/) [Thabo Mbeki](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/thabo-mbeki/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/7e4/thabo-mbeki-2259_african-continent_china-surely-must-be-interested-in-a-mor_1783909.png) ## Other authors on Needs ## 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/needs/thabo-mbeki/#itemlist", "name": "29 Needs Quotes By Thabo Mbeki", "numberOfItems": 29, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "A modern economy and society requires skilled people, so you need to train them.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Thabo Mbeki" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/thabo-mbeki/a-modern-economy-and-society-requires-skilled-people-so-you-need-to/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/cb5/thabo-mbeki-2259_economy_a-modern-economy-and-society-requires-sk_575296.png", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/cb5/thabo-mbeki-2259_economy_a-modern-economy-and-society-requires-sk_575296.png", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/cb5/thabo-mbeki-2259_economy_a-modern-economy-and-society-requires-sk_575296.png", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“A modern economy and society requires skilled people, so you need to train them.” — Thabo Mbeki", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 2, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "We need to increase the capacity; 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