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Ideas to change Africa

Jun 13, 2011 | Mpikeleni Duma | 9 comments

MOELETSI Mbeki, despite the "burden" of being the brother of former president Thabo Mbeki, has managed to carve a niche for himself as a formidable intellectual and visionary as well as being a savvy businessman.

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Mon May 20 09:31:55 SAST 2013 ::
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Jun 13, 2011

Mutadismutandis

It's a must read i reckon.
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Jun 13, 2011

CLIPPAZUNKE

I must get myself a copy of this it really is interesting ...!!!
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Jun 13, 2011

Teeblaza

most definately, I'm also gonna buy it.
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Jun 13, 2011

Sibusy

The analyses of the book on this article, the critic makes a lot of over statement as MOELETSI being one of the most outspoken critics of his own continent?! Says who? There is Anglophone Africa, francophone, Portuguese Africa and even one that is Spaniard. Moeletsi being xenophobic himself how credible is his analysis in this perspective?Seeraj Mohamed, Paul Jourdan, David Everatt, Jonathan Jansen and Sindiso Ngwenya, are not enough contributors for a work of such magnitude, Africa is a mosaic of culture and language.
There are so many things we just don’t know or understand about Africa.

Besides, we south African see Africa in white men’s point of view

Anyway, the book itself is a good attempt, but which African politician is listen or any African for that matter?

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Jun 14, 2011

LBS

I have the greatest admiration for Moletsi Mbeki and wish we had him as president of our country.
If this was the case we would move forward and we'd see economic growth with everyone having the opportunity to improve themselves and get ahead.

He is also prepared to ask for and listen to solutions from people with expertise and experience.
Probably because he is educated he knows help is needed from other that are educated too - not pie in the sky promises from ignoramuses.

>>This book however, does not pretend to know all the solutions to change Africa's future. But in this book Mbeki relies on experts in a wide variety of subjects, such as education, entrepreneurship, economic and social affairs, as well as mining, to describe the solutions they have come up with after years of research and experience.<<
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Jun 14, 2011

CheeseBoy

definitely adding on to my collection.

Mbeki has a brain, I'm sure this book worth a read and should be shoved down the education systems throat. our kids are not exposed to this kind of intellect but rather rubbish about big brother and kadashians
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Jun 14, 2011

speedstere

Did he come up with the ida of African reniacence? If the answer is yes bad couse now it open the fload gates of economic migrant and all sorts of criminals,now lately huge rates.Please bloggers gime an answer to this our children's futer it's in denger from all angles which ever you look at it.It's scary guys really it is!
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Jun 17, 2011

Sandile84

Moeletsi should have been in the ANC's NEC and tried to influence change there. It does little to offer solutions from outside. But hopefully someone will read your book and be an SA president one day.
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Nov 21, 2011

Dick-son

What are the Mbekis feeding their kids. They seem to have a very high IQ.
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