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Thabo Mbeki Biography

Thabo Mvuyelwa Mbeki (Xhosa pronunciation: [tʰaɓɔ mbɛːkʼi]; born 18 June 1942) is a South African politician who served as the second President of South Africa from 14 June 1999 to 24 September 2008. On 20 September 2008, with about nine months left in his second term, Mbeki announced his resignation after being recalled by the National Executive Committee of the ANC, following a conclusion by judge C. R. Nicholson of improper interference in the National Prosecuting Authority (NPA), including the prosecution of Jacob Zuma for corruption. On 12 January 2009, the Supreme Court of Appeal unanimously overturned judge Nicholson's judgment but the resignation stood.

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

Aids, Country, Safe, Safety, Sex, Stop

South Africa has faced many problems in the past. You would understand those problems if you understood the history of the struggle to get rid of Apartheid and the struggle to establish democracy.

Africa, Democracy, Faced, Past, Struggle, Understand

You can see that there is an increase in the volume of freight that moves by air. And so, we have got to solve the problem by making sure that that is done properly.

Air, Done, Making, Moving, Problem, Volume

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.

Home, Issue, Issues, People, Response

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.

Governs, Hands, People, Zimbabwe

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.

Economy, Fruit, Grow, Growth, Possible, Tourism

I am an African. I owe my being to the hills and the valleys, the mountains and the glades, the rivers, the deserts, the trees, the flowers, the seas and the ever-changing seasons that define the face of our native land.

Flower, Land, Owe, Rivers, Sea, Seas

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

Continent, Kind, Relation, Relations, Sensitivity

It is quite easy to understand what China would need from the African continent with regards to its own economy, raw materials, oil and a market for manufactured goods. As I say it is not difficulty to understand and perfectly legitimate. There is nothing wrong with that.

Goods, Manufactured, Needs, Oil, Quite, Raw Materials

South Africa was to evolve into the most pernicious example of the criminal practise of colonial and white minority domination.

Colonial, Criminals, Evolve, Example, Minority, White

I don't imagine Heads of Government would ever be able to say I'm not an economist therefore I can't take decisions on matters of the economy; I'm not a soldier I can't take decisions on matters of defence; I'm not an educationist so I can't take decisions about education.

Decision, Decisions, Economy, Government, Matters, Soldier

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.

Asset, Base, Believe, Challenges, Established, Strong

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

Behaves, Elected, Government, Responsibility, Zimbabwe

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

Grants, Identity, People, Reach, Virtue

You might indeed be able to provide this money that people need to start a business, but can they run a business? This new consolidated agency [National Empowerment Fund] focuses on that matter of preparing people so that they can run business successfully.

Agency, Money, National, People, Provide, Running

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.

Challenge, Delivered, Government, Impact, Instances, People

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.

Arrogant, Country, Enjoyed, Entire, Possibility, United

One of the things that became clear, and which was actually rather disturbing, was the fact that there was a view which was being expressed by people whose scientific credentials you can't question

Clear, Disturbing, Facts, People, Scientific, Views

At the same time, you have got these traditional councils. And the challenge is how to make sure that they function together [with municipal councils], smoothly, and that is part of what this legislation is trying to address.

Challenges, Function, Part, Same, Together, Trying

A number of African countries came to us and said, we request that South Africa should not field a candidate, because so many other African countries wanted to, and, in any case, South Africa would continue to play a role in terms of building the African Union, and so on. And they actually said, please don't field a candidate, and we didn't. As I have said, it is not because we didn't have people who are competent to serve in these positions.

Competent, Country, Numbers, People, Play, Role

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