South Africa now needs skilled and educated people to say 'How do we manage and develop this democratic country?' — Thabo Mbeki Copy Share Image
We very constantly run this campaign to encourage people to go and get Identity Documents, to register, and so on. We'll continue… — Thabo Mbeki Copy Share Image
The people of Zimbabwe have a responsibility to ensure that the government that they elected behaves properly. — Thabo Mbeki Copy Share Image
You have to make sure that [grants] reach people by virtue of their Identity Documents. — Thabo Mbeki Copy Share Image
The public service needs lots of people, South Africa generally, needs lots of people. — Thabo Mbeki Copy Share Image
A democratic government in South Africa is not a threat to white people. — Thabo Mbeki Copy Share Image
A modern economy and society requires skilled people, so you need to train them. — Thabo Mbeki Copy Share Image
The matter of who governs Zimbabwe is a matter that is in the hands of the people of Zimbabwe. — Thabo Mbeki Copy Share Image
There must be no abuse of people and they did ask that the South Africa Government should give them whatever support they… — Thabo Mbeki Copy Share Image
The matter of who governs Zimbabwe is a matter that is in the hands of the people of Zimbabwe. The matter of… — Thabo Mbeki Copy Share Image
Our experience over the last 20 years has shown that indeed people must themselves become their own liberators. You cannot wait for… — Thabo Mbeki Copy Share Image
A matter that seems to be very clear in terms of the alternative view, is what do you expect to happen in… — Thabo Mbeki Copy Share Image
One of the matters that must be addressed is that Rwanda and Uganda have to leave the Democratic Republic of the Congo.… — Thabo Mbeki Copy Share Image
If you sit in a position where decisions that you take would have a serious effect on people, you can't ignore a… — Thabo Mbeki Copy Share Image
We want the National Intelligence, we want the Police, we want the Scorpions, any other institutions, the tax people, and so on,… — Thabo Mbeki Copy Share Image
You can't abandon people there and say, go and find a job, when you know they are not going to be able… — Thabo Mbeki Copy Share Image
That it is not enough to catch a criminal and get them convicted and so on, because the victim remains with the… — Thabo Mbeki Copy Share Image
You can say to this unemployed family, people are indigent, that they must pay for water and this and that and refuse… — Thabo Mbeki Copy Share Image
We are continuously looking at the question of increasing the capacity of Home Affairs and that is why Home Affairs introduced mobile… — 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
I think the critical point, really, is that we need to focus black economic empowerment more on the creation of new wealth… — Thabo Mbeki Copy Share Image
The issue of racism and racial prejudice. It is very, very difficult to discuss. It is difficult to discuss the issue of… — Thabo Mbeki Copy Share Image
There is a section of our population in South Africa that you can't expect to get integrated in the economy of its… — Thabo Mbeki Copy Share Image
I must say, with regard to Equatorial Guinea, the Government of Equatorial Guinea, as soon as they had arrested these people, sent… — Thabo Mbeki Copy Share Image
It's a big problem in South Africa up to this day: many people want to open factories, they want to invest, but… — Thabo Mbeki Copy Share Image
One of the things that became clear, and which was actually rather disturbing, was the fact that there was a view which… — Thabo Mbeki Copy Share Image
Whoever we may be, whatever our immediate interest, however much we carry baggage from our past, however much we have been caught… — Thabo Mbeki Copy Share Image
For instance with regard to tourism, that we should be able to target people who are interested in investing in the tourism… — Thabo Mbeki Copy Share Image
What is the worst, is that you will have the meltdown of Zimbabwe that the IMF is talking about. And indeed what… — Thabo Mbeki Copy Share Image
A number of African countries came to us and said, we request that South Africa should not field a candidate, because so… — Thabo Mbeki Copy Share Image
The people who steal cars, there's somebody there who is the master, who orders the cars, or just takes a car when… — Thabo Mbeki Copy Share Image
There must be public servants who are working regularly among the people. — Thabo Mbeki Copy Share Image
Your developed countries are taking teachers from South Africa, they are taking nurses, because people are better paid where they are going. — Thabo Mbeki Copy Share Image
You might indeed be able to provide this money that people need to start a business, but can they run a business?… — Thabo Mbeki Copy Share Image
The King had been a good friend of the government and the people of South Africa and we all mourn his passing… — Thabo Mbeki Copy Share Image
Gloom and despondency have never defeated adversity. Trying times need courage and resilience. Our strength as a people is not tested during… — Thabo Mbeki Copy Share Image
It will be a comprehensive response. The ID issue is one of them. It will make sure that Home Affairs has the… — Thabo Mbeki Copy Share Image
Pope Benedict XVI assumes leadership at a critical time in which the world's collective wisdom and leadership including that of the religious… — Thabo Mbeki Copy Share Image
Our troops are in Burundi. We were requested by African countries who said, look, the United Nations is not moving on this… — Thabo Mbeki Copy Share Image
I was very fortunate to be able to go to school and university, because many people our age couldn't complete school. This… — 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 Image
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 Image
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 Image
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 Image
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 Image
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 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
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 Image
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 Image
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 Image
“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 Image
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 Image