South Africa now needs skilled and educated people to say 'How do we manage and develop this democratic country?' — 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
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
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
I would regret it if I'd failed at school and university, because if I had, I would have lacked the levels of… — Thabo Mbeki Copy Share Image
For an investor who is sitting in the United States, and South Africa is very far from the United States, you need… — Thabo Mbeki Copy Share Image
I don't think there would be many examples of South Africa pushing its weight around the African Continent. I don't think the… — Thabo Mbeki Copy Share Image
South Africa was to evolve into the most pernicious example of the criminal practise of colonial and white minority domination. — 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
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
One of the issues that I have raised in that context is our transport system, road, rail and ports. We have raised… — 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
If you look for instance at the automobile industry, part of the reason that you have the expansion of that sector, is… — Thabo Mbeki Copy Share Image
We raised the matter of an agreement that was reached at the Growth and Development Summit, which was that we should access… — Thabo Mbeki Copy Share Image
I am sure it is in the medical textbooks, there are many things that cause immune deficiency and you will find therefore… — Thabo Mbeki Copy Share Image
The problem is not unique; the challenge is not unique to South Africa. Other African countries have faced it. But in our… — 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
The point we are making is that the general global messages have been communicated, about the politics of South Africa, about the… — Thabo Mbeki Copy Share Image
When I was in government, the South African economy was growing at 4.5% - 5%. But then came the global financial crisis… — 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
I don't know why you should isolate women in this regard. If you have a traditional leader who says 'I am the… — Thabo Mbeki Copy Share Image
The principal investors in the South African economy are South Africans. And this is something, I think, we should really pay attention… — Thabo Mbeki Copy Share Image
While the WTO negotiations will continue, there are other trade negotiations of a bilateral nature, which among other things, should help to… — Thabo Mbeki Copy Share Image
There is a tendency just to talk about foreign investors. Over 80 per cent of new investment in the South African economy… — 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
If we don't move forward with regard to creating a non-racial society in South Africa and we allow this legacy of apartheid… — Thabo Mbeki Copy Share Image
I think anybody who knows anything about South Africa and the South African economy would know that one of the big constraints… — Thabo Mbeki Copy Share Image
What moved us was not so much what would it do for South Africa, but there has been a great keenness on… — Thabo Mbeki Copy Share Image
The reports from the scientific world are that, there is very sadly an escalating impact of HIV and Aids in South Africa.… — Thabo Mbeki Copy Share Image
I should also say that apart from the negotiations that are taking place within the WTO, we are ourselves involved in all… — 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
We do not have a South African as a member of the African Commission. The President of the Commission comes from Mali,… — Thabo Mbeki Copy Share Image
We have a series of regular meetings with South African business. Big business. Black business. Agriculture. As well, of course, with the… — 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
South Africa has faced many problems in the past. You would understand those problems if you understood the history of the struggle… — 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
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
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
