Thabo Mvuyelwa Mbeki

South African President Thabo Mbeki called the succession an 'unconstitutional charade'...

South African President Thabo Mbeki has managed to diffuse the tension for the time being...

President Thabo Mbeki gave qualified support for a referendum on changing the constitution to let Gbagbo's arch-rival Alassane Dramane Ouattara run for president a move opposed by the Ivorian parliament and the AU...

That would give him space to plan his succession (self-succession some sceptics suggest) and resume his role as Africa's second most itinerant President-diplomat after South Africa's Thabo Mbeki...

This year President Thabo Mbeki will be involved in critical negotiations in conflicts in Côte d'Ivoire Sudan Burundi Congo-Kinshasa and Rwanda and Comoros...

Clearly Gbagbo wants a 'No' vote and South African President Thabo Mbeki mediating in the conflict is playing into his hands by supporting a referendum 'to promote reconciliation'...

At best the integrated force will by then consist of 24 000 troops in eight brigades; South Africa's President Thabo Mbeki hopes they will form a critical mass of integrated soldiers...

Tsvangirai reserved his warmest words for South Africa's President Thabo Mbeki who he said did not deserve condemnation: 'What he needs from the international community is pressure and support...

South African President Thabo Mbeki was heading to Abidjan on 2 December to try to halt his apparent self-destruct mission before tougher United Nations sanctions come into force on 15 December but there is no reason to believe his efforts will be any more effective than any previous diplomatic mission...

Another Socialist International member is the African National Congress of South Africa whose President Thabo Mbeki is a leading mediator in Côte d'Ivoire's peace process...