Former president Thabo Mbeki hopes the presidential library bearing his name will be at the centre of preserving South Africa's and Africa's history and heritage.
Former president Thabo Mbeki took issue with how SA was marketed as a tourism destination. He said there was more to the country than wildlife and beaches.Former president Thabo Mbeki hopes the presidential library bearing his name will be at the centre of preserving SA's and Africa's history and heritage.
“I'm sure that all of us here, certainly the South Africans present here today, would be, I hope, very conscious of this. That indeed one of the main challenges we face is talking to one another, saying, 'What do we do about ourselves, about this country which has too many problems, very many bad things, strange things?'
“Commonly this milestone is seen as an opportunity to realise the ambition of the dreams of President Mbeki to advance and empower an African Renaissance,” she said.site in Killarney that has been earmarked for the library. “He said, 'I'm insisting, let's do as much as possible not to lose our past, our history.' This thing that made us Africans and this technology is important,” revealed Mbeki.
He insisted that SA should invite people to see more of the country including the golden rhino at Mapungubwe, Barberton and the Karoo.
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