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
It is quite easy to understand what China would need from the African continent with regard to its own economy. It will be raw materials, oil, and a market for manufactured goods. It is not difficult to understand that, and it is perfectly legitimate, there is nothing wrong with that.
You cannot just depend on the market, because the market will say: China needs oil; China needs coal; China needs whatever, and Africa has got all these things in abundance. And we go there and get them, and the more we develop the Chinese economy, the larger the manufacturing is, the more we need global markets - sell it to the Africans which indeed might very well destroy whatever infant industries are trying to develop on the continent. That is what the market would do.
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,
No longer will we be an object of fascination for others, who would consider us a strange and an estranged segment of humanity.
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,
There is no substance to the allegations that there is any hesitation on the part of our government to confront the challenge of HIV-AIDS,
The government continues to function properly and we continue to work as government,
We want a peaceful resolution. We would not want to see any kind of war in the Middle East because it would be disastrous for Africa.
Billions would rebel in response to what they consider legitimate right of the poor that has been unjustly deferred by the rich (nations).
Throwing money at African governments is not the answer,
Everybody in the region is interested to assist in the process of finding a solution to that conflict,
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.
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,
savage principle of the survival of the fittest.