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“A decade ago, critics suggested biotech crops would not be valuable in the developing world. Now 90 percent of farmers who benefit are resource-poor farmers in developing countries. These helped alleviate 7.7 million subsistence farmers in China, India, South Africa, the Philippines from abject poverty.”

“When President Mbeki said, if you get AIDS, you can have a shower and it goes away. It's like, oh, come on. Or it's caused by poverty. We faced those kind of issues. But now, with the new regime, they have really woken up, paid attention. And when South Africa speaks, then the whole of Africa will listen. And I have got great hopes for that.”

Ifs Kind Said Whole Speak President Attention Poverty Issues Paid South Aids Regimes South Africa Showers Great Hope

Author:Elton John

“There are levels of poverty in South Africa that are totally unacceptable.”

Levels Poverty South South Africa

Author:Desmond Tutu

“If you want to make peace with your enemy, you have to work with your enemy. Then he becomes your partner.”

“There is nothing like returning to a place that remains unchanged to find the ways in which you yourself have altered.”

Source: Nelson Mandela By Himself: The Authorised Book of Quotations

“There are many people in South Africa who are rich and who can share those riches with those not so fortunate who have not been able to conquer poverty.”

People Able Poverty Rich Share South Riches Conquer Fortunate South Africa

Author:Nelson Mandela