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“I think that probably the most important thing about our education was that it taught us to question even those things we thought we knew.”

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Thabo Mbeki is a prominent South African politician who served as the President of South Africa from 1999 to 2008. He dedicated his political career to promoting democracy and economic development in South Africa and actively participated in African continental political affairs. more

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