Thabo Mvuyelwa Mbeki

Amid bitterness Thabo Mbeki was forced to resign taking half the cabinet with him...

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...

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...

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 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...

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...

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...

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...

Meanwhile the historically frosty relations between Dos Santos and Thabo Mbeki have thawed and the South African President recently visited Luanda following Angola’s chairmanship of the SADC Policy Defence and Security body...

Yet everyone knew that the Grand Facilitator South African President Thabo Mbeki was at that very moment entering Zimbabwean airspace on his way to try to break yet another deadlock; negotiating parties had reached early agreement that the South African venue at the unfortunately named Muldersdrift was inappropriate and the hospitality mini-bars inadequate...