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Thabo Mvuyelwa Mbeki

Date of Birth: 18 June 1942
Place of Birth: Idutywa, Eastern Cape


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The breakaways

A long tussle with Thabo Mbeki lasted from 1994 to 2005 after Lekota refused to obey instructions not to fire officials in his government for corruption; he was sacked as Premier in 1996...


'Elder brother' Motlanthe

In 1997 the quiet unassuming but cerebral Kgalema Motlanthe was nominated by the left wing of the African National Congress tripartite alliance as ANC General Secretary as a pro-worker bulwark against the party’s pro-business Thabo Mbeki-led leadership...


Would be breakaway

The Limpopo ANC Youth League has vowed to ‘smash’ the formation of any party formed in support of former President Thabo Mbeki whose supporters in the Eastern Cape Limpopo and Gauteng Provinces have held meetings to explore their options...


Politicians parley, people starve

The forcing of President Thabo Mbeki from power in South Africa left Mugabe 'devastated' and prompted him to launch into a gushing tribute to the deposed South African leader at the United Nations General Assembly last week...


A three-legged race

A close ally of South Africa’s President Thabo Mbeki said that subtle pressure from Beijing – and promises of more economic help after a deal – persuaded Mugabe to relent enough to bring in Tsvangirai...

The grand facilitator of the deal Thabo Mbeki faces his own political maelstrom back home and will have little time to help keep the Harare deal on track...


Political theatre

There was much glad-handing of South Africa’s President Thabo Mbeki the grand facilitator in stark contrast to the daggers waiting for him back in South Africa...


The ANC – a luta continua

As President Thabo Mbeki claims a rare success in promoting cooperation between the rivals in neighbouring Zimbabwe the Jacob Zuma-dominated ANC leadership is deciding whether to impeach him call for a parliamentary vote of no-confidence or ask him to forestall public humiliation by resigning...

A messy succession The moves to oust Thabo Mbeki from the Presidency like the moves to prosecute Jacob Zuma for corruption are unlikely to produce a quick result...


Politicians versus judges

Acting Judge Chris Nicholson’s bitterest swipe was his comparison of President Thabo Mbeki’s campaign to sideline rival Jacob Zuma to that of apartheid governments using legislation and state institutions to prosecute political opponents...


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