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Thabo Mbeki stresses that politics should be about serving people, not personal power. He calls for citizens to register for identity documents and reminds that governance belongs to the people themselves. He also mentions the need for cooperation among police, intelligence, and other institutions to support the nation.

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We very constantly run this campaign to encourage people to go and get Identity Documents, to register, and so on. We'll continue…

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The people of Zimbabwe have a responsibility to ensure that the government that they elected behaves properly.

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South Africa now needs skilled and educated people to say 'How do we manage and develop this democratic country?'

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There must be public servants who are working regularly among the people.

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Your developed countries are taking teachers from South Africa, they are taking nurses, because people are better paid where they are going.

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The matter of who governs Zimbabwe is a matter that is in the hands of the people of Zimbabwe.

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A democratic government in South Africa is not a threat to white people.

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The public service needs lots of people, South Africa generally, needs lots of people.

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We want the National Intelligence, we want the Police, we want the Scorpions, any other institutions, the tax people, and so on,…

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If you sit in a position where decisions that you take would have a serious effect on people, you can't ignore a…

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Our experience over the last 20 years has shown that indeed people must themselves become their own liberators. You cannot wait for…

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Pope Benedict XVI assumes leadership at a critical time in which the world's collective wisdom and leadership including that of the religious…

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It will be a comprehensive response. The ID issue is one of them. It will make sure that Home Affairs has the…

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One of the matters that must be addressed is that Rwanda and Uganda have to leave the Democratic Republic of the Congo.…

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Our troops are in Burundi. We were requested by African countries who said, look, the United Nations is not moving on this…

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A matter that seems to be very clear in terms of the alternative view, is what do you expect to happen in…

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There is a section of our population in South Africa that you can't expect to get integrated in the economy of its…

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The issue of racism and racial prejudice. It is very, very difficult to discuss. It is difficult to discuss the issue of…

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What is the worst, is that you will have the meltdown of Zimbabwe that the IMF is talking about. And indeed what…

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I must say, with regard to Equatorial Guinea, the Government of Equatorial Guinea, as soon as they had arrested these people, sent…

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I must say that, in the first instance, we got the request from many African countries who said, look, you people had…

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I come back to what I had said earlier: the policies might be there but are people benefiting from the policies? You…

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The law enforcement authorities have got a fairly good idea of who are these principal criminals. Who are the people, for instance,…

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I think you're a much happier person if you say 'Even if I get involved in politics, I'm only doing so in…

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A modern economy and society requires skilled people, so you need to train them.

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You have to make sure that [grants] reach people by virtue of their Identity Documents.

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There must be no abuse of people and they did ask that the South Africa Government should give them whatever support they…

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The matter of who governs Zimbabwe is a matter that is in the hands of the people of Zimbabwe. The matter of…

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Gloom and despondency have never defeated adversity. Trying times need courage and resilience. Our strength as a people is not tested during…

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You might indeed be able to provide this money that people need to start a business, but can they run a business?…

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The King had been a good friend of the government and the people of South Africa and we all mourn his passing…

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I get a sense that we've all been educated into one school of thought. I'm not surprised at all to find among…

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For instance with regard to tourism, that we should be able to target people who are interested in investing in the tourism…

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Whoever we may be, whatever our immediate interest, however much we carry baggage from our past, however much we have been caught…

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One of the things that became clear, and which was actually rather disturbing, was the fact that there was a view which…

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Many of our own people here in this country do not ask about computers, telephones and television sets. They ask - when…

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You can see now with all the assurance that people have about the overall general management of the economy, they then ask…

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It's a big problem in South Africa up to this day: many people want to open factories, they want to invest, but…

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I was very fortunate to be able to go to school and university, because many people our age couldn't complete school. This…

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You can't abandon people there and say, go and find a job, when you know they are not going to be able…

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