We do not accept that human society should be constructed on the basis of a savage principle of the survival of the fittest Thabo Mbeki More Quotes by Thabo Mbeki More Quotes From Thabo Mbeki We identified various sectors of the economy, which we said were growth sectors. I have mentioned tourism. We said, for instance, agro-business. We grow a lot of food and fruit and things like that. It must be possible to process those. Thabo Mbeki tourism fruit growth The Auditor-General has been complaining year in and year out that the municipalities have not paid auditing fees. It is not because they are reluctant but they don't have the money to pay the Auditor. So, you can't say that you are throwing money at somebody who doesn't have money. Lots of the things that the municipalities can't do are because resources are not there. Thabo Mbeki auditors complaining years You can see now with all the assurance that people have about the overall general management of the economy, they then ask more specific questions that we are able to answer. Thabo Mbeki able answers people We do not have a South African as a member of the African Commission. The President of the Commission comes from Mali, the Deputy comes from Rwanda and then we have got all these other members, ordinary commissioners. There is no South African there. And the reason, again, for that is not because we didn't have South Africans who are competent. Thabo Mbeki president reason ordinary The engagements with the International Investment Council have developed in a very interesting way. It is, again, the point I raised at the beginning. Thabo Mbeki engagement way interesting For instance with regard to tourism, that we should be able to target people who are interested in investing in the tourism sector and explain that this is the size of the market, these are the incentives in this particular area, this is the capacity, this is what is needed. Thabo Mbeki tourism target people You need to be able to do that to market these possibilities to these specific investors who would be interested in a sector of that kind. It's what would be normally done by anybody with regard to attracting investment to particular sectors of the economy. Thabo Mbeki done would-be needs We raised the matter of an agreement that was reached at the Growth and Development Summit, which was that we should access a certain part, 5% was mentioned, of the funds in the hands of the institutional investors, domestically, for investment in the real economy. That being an agreement of the Growth and Development Summit, we will engage South African business to see how we can make that a practical thing. So, there is a different set of engagement with local business. Thabo Mbeki real agreement hands The problem is not unique; the challenge is not unique to South Africa. Other African countries have faced it. But in our case, we have got to solve the problem. You have got an institutional traditional leadership, which functions in a particular way, in for instance, your communal areas. Thabo Mbeki unique challenges country The question arose, how would the communities manage this land on their own. That's why the Communal Land Rights Bill then borrows an institution that is set up in terms of the role and function and powers of the institutional traditional leadership ( borrows that committee and uses that committee). Thabo Mbeki community land rights We are improving the entirety of the system. You have got to make the grants available. Thabo Mbeki entirety improving grants You have to make sure that [grants] reach people by virtue of their Identity Documents. Thabo Mbeki virtue identity people It will be a comprehensive response. The ID issue is one of them. It will make sure that Home Affairs has the capacity to reach people and to make sure that the people themselves know that they have got to get these documents and where to go to get them. Thabo Mbeki issues home people You'll find a lot of rural municipalities, very, very big district municipalities that actually have no tax base whereas our system of government presumes that the bulk of resources from government will come from resources that they will generate themselves. Thabo Mbeki resources bigs government If you look at the Company Register, maybe that's what we should say to that business consultant or analyst. If you look at the Company Register with the Department of Trade and Industry, one of the remarkable things that you will see over the last few years is, in fact, the growth of small and medium business, many of whom depend on these services to succeed. Thabo Mbeki growth lasts years Clearly, we are very, very concerned about the situation, for instance, that has been going on in Gaza. Thabo Mbeki gaza instance situation We would take the same position as the majority of the world about this, including this issue where Prime Minister [Ariel] Sharon made a commitment to pull Israeli troops out of Gaza. Thabo Mbeki troops issues commitment The matter of who governs Zimbabwe is a matter that is in the hands of the people of Zimbabwe. The matter of who governs the people of South Africa is in the hands of the people of South Africa. Thabo Mbeki zimbabwe hands people A democratic government in South Africa is not a threat to white people. Thabo Mbeki government white people I don't know why women would think they would be underrepresented in that 40 per cent, and I do not know why they think they would be underrepresented in that 60 per cent either. Because, any community that has their traditional leader in the area, one would expect that, among the people, they would want to ensure that this committee, that 60%, is properly representative. Thabo Mbeki leader people thinking
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