The public service needs lots of people, South Africa generally, needs lots of people. — 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
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
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
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
You can see now with all the assurance that people have about the overall general management of the economy, they then ask… — Thabo Mbeki Copy Share Image
Many of our own people here in this country do not ask about computers, telephones and television sets. They ask - when… — 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
The matter of people being attracted to other countries is a permanent problem in my view, it doesn't only face South Africa.… — Thabo Mbeki Copy Share Image
I get a sense that we've all been educated into one school of thought. I'm not surprised at all to find among… — Thabo Mbeki Copy Share Image
There must be public servants who are working regularly among the people. — 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
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
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
I come back to what I had said earlier: the policies might be there but are people benefiting from the policies? You… — 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
The law enforcement authorities have got a fairly good idea of who are these principal criminals. Who are the people, for instance,… — 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
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
I must say that, in the first instance, we got the request from many African countries who said, look, you people had… — 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
As we mourn President Mandela’s passing we must ask ourselves the fundamental question - what shall we do to respond to the… — Thabo Mbeki Copy Share Image
I don't know why women would think they would be underrepresented in that 40 per cent, and I do not know why… — 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
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
