Thabo Mbeki Quotes, Thoughts and images

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

We were asked to host the Pan African Parliament and we agreed to this.

Science is always inquiring.

Really, a critical matter in the public service is radically to improve the quality of management.

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

There is a very long list of parties in this year's election, some of the parties I have never heard of.

I must say also, that we are not talking just about foreign investors.

Those who oppressed us described us as the Dark Continent!

South Africa belongs to all who live in it, black and white.

I don't suppose I would describe myself as a showman.

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

We would continue to handle our relations with the rest of the Continent with that kind of sensitivity.

We are very keen to see that nobody gets ill-treated or abused.

In Africa you have space...there a profound sense of space here, space and sky

If we only said safe sex, use a condom, we won't stop the spread of AIDS in this country.

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

The principal investors in the South African economy are South Africans. And this is something, I think, we should really pay attention to.

For the first time in human history, society has the capacity, the knowledge and the resources to eradicate poverty

As I said, the matter of the Pan African Parliament was raised with us by other African countries who said we should host.

We are not being arrogant or complacent when we are said that our country, as a united nation, has never in its entire history, enjoyed such a confluence of encouraging possibilities.

That surely must be a concern to anyone who decides this drug must be given to stop transmissions, again from mother to child, which is extremely costly and must be taken into account.

It's very worrying at this time in the world that any point of view should be prohibited, that's banned, there are heretics that should be burned at the stake.

Certainly the Government has tried to handle the matter of our relations with the rest of the Continent in a very sensitive manner.

Of course we run a very open economy, and therefore what happens in the rest of the world, in economic terms, obviously has an impact on us.

We are improving the entirety of the system. You have got to make the grants available. Thabo Mbeki

We are a very big mining country and historically have been exporters of raw minerals. There is no particular reason why we should not be processing those further.

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

The matter of people being attracted to other countries is a permanent problem in my view, it doesn't only face South Africa. A whole lot of countries in the world are faced with this problem.

The National Empowerment Fund we established some time back. And one of the challenges was to build a strong enough asset base for it to operate in a credible manner. And we believe that it can.

Haiti was a French colony, but in 1804, the slaves rose up and defeated the French and formed the Republic. For the last 200 years, Haiti has had a very unfortunate history.

We have to continue to confront the challenge of corruption within the public service.

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

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

Those communal areas have got elected municipalities, which have got to do their work as, as fully, democratically elected municipal councils.

It is difficult to discuss... history.. it is more difficult to talk about today.. simple things…

Clearly, we are very, very concerned about the situation, for instance, that has been going on in Gaza.

The engagements with the International Investment Council have developed in a very interesting way. It is, again, the point I raised at the beginning.

If you look at government policy generally, what government tries to do in all instances is to make sure that we take care of all elements that might relate to a particular issue.

The matter of social security and these grants is to help to address the levels of poverty in the country.

We want the National Intelligence, we want the Police, we want the Scorpions, any other institutions, the tax people, and so on, the totality of these bodies, to get together.