--- title: "16 Particular Quotes By Thabo Mbeki" description: "16 Particular quotes by Thabo Mbeki. Plus more from Thabo Mbeki and more Particular sayings from other authors." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/7bb/thabo-mbeki-2259_engagement_the-matters-i-am-talking-about-regarding_2565922.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) > [I get a sense that we've all been educated into one school of thought. I'm not surprised at all to find among…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/thabo-mbeki/i-get-a-sense-that-we-ve-all-been-educated-into-one-school-of-thought/) [Thabo Mbeki](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/thabo-mbeki/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/c63/thabo-mbeki-2259_educated_i-get-a-sense-that-we-ve-all-been-educat_2580461.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) > [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) > [There are established processes of consultation between the Government, the parastatals and the trade unions, which have worked in the past. And…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/thabo-mbeki/there-are-established-processes-of-consultation-between-the/) [Thabo Mbeki](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/thabo-mbeki/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/24b/thabo-mbeki-2259_consultation_there-are-established-processes-of-consu_822145.png) > [There are black companies that are very active in the economy, that are growing and not on the basis of mergers and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/thabo-mbeki/there-are-black-companies-that-are-very-active-in-the-economy-that/) [Thabo Mbeki](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/thabo-mbeki/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/ae3/thabo-mbeki-2259_acquisition_there-are-black-companies-that-are-very_2260061.jpg) > [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) > [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 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) > [There are two pieces of legislation that are related. There's the Communal Land Rights Bill. Then there is the legislation that was…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/thabo-mbeki/there-are-two-pieces-of-legislation-that-are-related-there-s-the/) [Thabo Mbeki](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/thabo-mbeki/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/8cc/thabo-mbeki-2259_approved_there-are-two-pieces-of-legislation-that_480744.jpg) > [This is community land that belongs to particular clans, and therefore, it must go back and its administration and the determination as…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/thabo-mbeki/this-is-community-land-that-belongs-to-particular-clans-and-therefore/) [Thabo Mbeki](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/thabo-mbeki/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/2e6/thabo-mbeki-2259_administration_this-is-community-land-that-belongs-to-p_633242.png) > [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) > [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) > [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) > [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) > [Historically during the years of the White minority regimes, the State, the national Government held this land in trust for these communities.…](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/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/53f/thabo-mbeki-2259_community_historically-during-the-years-of-the-whi_180781.jpg) ## Other authors on Particular ## 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/particular/thabo-mbeki/#itemlist", "name": "16 Particular Quotes By Thabo Mbeki", "numberOfItems": 16, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "The matters I am talking about regarding the ports. 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You do find that in many instances, though the policies exist, they are not having the necessary impact. 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