Thabo Mbeki
Thabo Mbeki
Thabo Mvuyelwa Mbekiis a South African politician who served nine years as the second post-apartheid 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, including the prosecution of Jacob Zuma for corruption. On...
NationalitySouth African
ProfessionPolitician
Date of Birth18 June 1942
gives hopes to the billions of people across the world.
What all of us have said on the continent is the actual African experience over the last 40 years shows that where you don't have democracy, where you've got military governments, where you've got civil conflict, where you've got no observation of the rule of law, then all of these things need to be addressed as a basis for development.
You and your administration have treated us with dignity, whatever our differences on specific matters, with sensitivity to our problems in an unwavering commitment to help us resolve these,
We will act together to build a South Africa that truly belongs to all who live in it, both black and white.
We are convinced that the risen masses must stand at the heart and in the vanguard of the great historic process to eradicate the legacy of slavery, colonialism, apartheid and neo-colonialism.
These challenges require of us not just standard responses, but urgent and extraordinary interventions that will ensure that the benefits of the current scientific and technological advances are shared by everyone, including those in the most remote and isolated villages of the world,
And therefore it's a matter that we discussed, and I am quite sure that the Zimbabwe government will take the necessary steps to have that matter addressed,
I must say that for us this represents one of the most positive developments in a global situation that otherwise seems to be dominated by many negative developments,
The instability has gone on for far too long. The levels of poverty and conflict are increasing, and if you add to that a fraudulent election, it has to be avoided,
Clearly, we cannot allow such a critical part of African history to die, because such a death would mean erasing an important link to our glorious past,
savage principle of the survival of the fittest.
No longer will we be an object of fascination for others, who would consider us a strange and an estranged segment of humanity.
This intervention shows that it's possible to go into the least-developed areas -- to the rural people -- and bring them into the modern era.
They've directed us to move ahead first with our program of reconciliation and development, so the goal for a better life for all is achieved sooner rather than later.