"Many of our own people here in this……" — Thabo Mbeki
"Many of our own people here in this country do not ask about computers, telephones and television sets. They ask - when will we get a road to our village."
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41 Quotes by Thabo Mbeki
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Does HIV cause AIDS? Can a virus cause a syndrome? How? It can't, because a syndrome is a group of…
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We should never become despondent because the weather is bad, nor should we turn triumphalist because the sun shines.
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Gloom and despondency have never defeated adversity. Trying times need courage and resilience. Our strength as a people is not…
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South Africa was to evolve into the most pernicious example of the criminal practise of colonial and white minority domination.
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The poor prey on one another because their lives offer no hope and communicate the tragic message to these human…
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One of the things that became clear, and which was actually rather disturbing, was the fact that there was a…
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In Africa you have space...there a profound sense of space here, space and sky
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