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.
Thabo Mbeki
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- Many of our own people here in this country do not ask about computers, telephones and television sets. They ask - when will we get a road to our village.
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