The trend could prove a vindication of the centrist policies associated with President Thabo Mbeki as a growing middle ... who drive expensive cars and eat at exclusive restaurants.

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.

Kinshasa - South African President Thabo Mbeki flew into Kinshasa on Tuesday evening and held talks on ending the war engulfing the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) with new president Joseph Kabila.

The Thabo Mbeki Foundation (TMF), in partnership with the Institute for Global Dialogue, the Human Sciences Research Council, and the United Nations Development Programme, has announced its ...