Thabo Mbeki Professions : South African PoliticianBorn : June 18, 1942 Browse All Authors Top 175 quotes by Thabo Mbeki South Africa belongs to all who live in it, black and white. Thabo Mbeki apartheidsouthblack-and-white I think the Internet is absolutely extraordinary. It's very, very useful and I think one of the things we've got to do is make sure that the African continent gets on to that information super highway. Thabo Mbeki internetinformationthinking I come back to what I had said earlier: the policies might be there but are people benefiting from the policies? You do find that in many instances, though the policies exist, they are not having the necessary impact. That is a particular challenge in local government, because that is where all the services get delivered. Thabo Mbeki impactgovernmentpeople 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. Thabo Mbeki takenmotherchildren I don't suppose I would describe myself as a showman. Thabo Mbeki describe-myself I am sure it is in the medical textbooks, there are many things that cause immune deficiency and you will find therefore in the South African HIV and AIDS programme, that it will say that part of what we have got to do is to make sure that our health infrastructure, our health system is able to deal adequately with all of the illnesses that are a consequence of AIDS. Thabo Mbeki hivtextbooksable In Africa you have space...there a profound sense of space here, space and sky Thabo Mbeki spaceskyprofound We will continue to count on your unwavering support and commitment to working with leaders of our continent in bringing about the desired renaissance of Africa. Thabo Mbeki supportleadercommitment If you sit in a position where decisions that you take would have a serious effect on people, you can't ignore a lot of experience around the world which says this drug has these negative effects. Thabo Mbeki drugdecisionpeople 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. Thabo Mbeki viewsworryworld There must be public servants who are working regularly among the people. Thabo Mbeki public-servantsservantpeople Clearly, there needs to be an increase in the capacity of the railway system. That's why there are these projections of increasing the capacity to carry freight on the railways by 30% over the next five years or so, because the volume of goods moved up and down, imports, exports, and within the country, has grown much larger than the capacity. And this is part of the higher costs to business, because charges, for instance, at the ports become too high and they put up the prices of these goods, whether they are imports or exports. You want to reduce that. Thabo Mbeki countryyearsneeds I don't know why you should isolate women in this regard. If you have a traditional leader who says 'I am the sole exclusive ruler, I am the autocrat', it will affect everybody in the area, whether they are men or women. The challenge that South Africa faces, and it is not a new challenge, a whole range of African countries have faced this challenge, is that where you have institutional traditional leadership, which in our country is protected by the Constitution, how does that institution function side by side with a democratic system? Thabo Mbeki leadermencountry 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. Thabo Mbeki viewscountrypeople Historically during the years of the White minority regimes, the State, the national Government held this land in trust for these communities. We said, but no, why should we do that ( return the land to the communities). We didn't say return the land to particular traditional leaders, but to the communities. Thabo Mbeki governmentwhiteyears There is a section of our population in South Africa that you can't expect to get integrated in the economy of its own. These are people without skills and that will include young people who might very well have matric certificates, but don't have the skills to be absorbed in the economy. So we need to target people like those in a special way, in a focused way so that they have the skills and the capacity to participate in the economy. That requires special programmes. Thabo Mbeki skillsspecialpeople A modern economy and society requires skilled people, so you need to train them. Thabo Mbeki modernpeopleneeds I should also say that apart from the negotiations that are taking place within the WTO, we are ourselves involved in all manner of bilateral negotiations, or, if they are not bilateral, with the South African Customs Union and the European Union. All the member countries of the European Union have now ratified the agreement that we have with the EU and that opens up the EU market in various ways. Thabo Mbeki agreementcountryway Your medical documents will say Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome that is AIDS. What that means you have got this challenge of immune deficiency. Alright what causes immune deficiency? HIV. Alright. Is that all that causes immune deficiency? The medical textbooks will say there are other things that cause immune deficiency. There is also genetic immune deficiency that is a different phenomenon. Thabo Mbeki differentchallengesmean I am quite convinced that we need to increase the resources that go to municipalities if we want the municipalities to do the things the Constitution and the law say they must do. It can't be avoided. 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