Thabo Mvuyelwa Mbeki

Both President Thabo Mbeki and his deputy and probable successor Jacob Zuma are wedded to the idea of private capital powering the country's economic development but they want the government to take a more decisive role in steering the state...

South African President Thabo Mbeki's position on Zimbabwe has toughened considerably since the arrest of a South African counterintelligence officer in December 2004 (AC Vol 46 No 2)...

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...