Thabo Mvuyelwa Mbeki

Mbeki riles the opposition Talks between the government and the broad opposition are now in doubt after an unexpected move by mediator Thabo Mbeki...

The 120 or so participants included JSE Chief Executive Newton-King former JSE head Russell Loubser renowned author and academic Professor Njabulo Simakahle Ndebele the former Presidency Director General under President Thabo Mbeki Reverend Frank Chikane union leader Zwelinzima Vavi and other leading clerics business people politicians and church leaders...

The African Union's chief mediator South African ex-President Thabo Mbeki has shown growing signs of impatience with Khartoum and the AU has issued unprecedentedly critical statements...

After the mediators the AU High-Level Implementation Panel (AUHIP) headed by South African ex-President Thabo Mbeki and consequently the AU itself took a tougher line on the NCP regime in August's Communiqué 539 Khartoum accelerated its focus on courting the EU Arab governments and the UN in its bid to stave off tougher sanctions...

Cosatu had campaigned for Jacob Zuma's presidency against Thabo Mbeki in 2007...

Mkhize and his provincial allies do not want a repeat of the brutal leadership race of 2007 where Thabo Mbeki was ousted as ANC President...

Chaired by a grim President Omer Hassan Ahmed el Beshir the gathering was boycotted not only by the Sudanese opposition but also by the chief African Union mediator South African ex-President Thabo Mbeki and other AU grandees...

During the bruising party leadership race in 2007 Thabo Mbeki's opponents used the football hand gesture that signals that a player is being substituted...

Nor has Mbete held a ministerial portfolio while her rival was Health Minister under the late President Nelson Mandela and then Foreign Minister under ex-President Thabo Mbeki...

Former business allies of ex-President Thabo Mbeki one of Zuma's bitterest foes are also on the unionists' list...