Here’s a look at the life of former South African President Thabo Mbeki. Personal Birth date: June 18, 1942 Birth place: Idutywa, Transkei, South Africa Birth name: Thabo Mvuyelwa Mbeki Father: Govan ...

Our South Africa bureau chief Peter Hawthorne first met Thabo Mbeki in the Zambian capital of Lusaka back in the 1970s, when Mbeki was a roving ambassador in exile for the African National ...

MaShope led the ANC Women’s League and the Women’s Section in exile, influencing the party’s direction and the fight for women’s rights.. Former President Thabo Mbeki says the ANC has lost ...

Former president Thabo Mbeki and ex-Justice Minister Brigitte Mabandla are fighting to clear their names in a landmark R167 million lawsuit brought by apartheid victims. The pair, who claim the ...

Former South African president Thabo Mbeki says he has known President-elect Netumbo Nandi-Ndaitwah for many years and has full confidence in her ability to lead Namibia with diligence and ...

Former South African President Thabo Mbeki has called on the nation to critically assess and articulate its national interests in an increasingly multipolar world and the evolving foreign policy ...

Former South African president Thabo Mbeki looks on during the first Global Anti Apartheid Conference in Sandton last year. (Emmanuel Crosete/AFP/Getty Images) By Donald G. McNeil Jr. Donald G ...

Former president Thabo Mbeki moved to the forefront as President Cyril Ramaphosa got boycotted by the South African Party (SACP), which supported him to become the ANC and the country’s president.