Thabo Mvuyelwa Mbeki

Maite Nkoana-Mashabane International Relations and Cooperation Minister: a former High Commissioner to India and Malaysia she was a leading activist in Limpopo Province backing Jacob Zuma against Thabo Mbeki for the presidency; her profile is rising in the African National Congress (ANC) party and internationally...

Since the coalition no longer shares what previously united it – dislike of former President Thabo Mbeki – it threatens to splinter in all directions...

Last time he is believed to have struck a deal: the veterans would support him against Thabo Mbeki and he would give them a military grant...

African Union officials led by South African former President Thabo Mbeki made a deal on 20 June to send Ethiopian peacekeepers into Abyei Administrative Area...

Many South African opposition politicians take it as an article of faith that Gadaffi contributed financially to Zuma’s battle to oust Thabo Mbeki from the leadership of the African National Congress as well as to the 2009 election campaign which won him the national presidency...

Yet if – as many suspect – the ANC is trounced in some constituencies and loses control of a couple more provinces (it currently controls eight of the nine) then the moves to push Zuma out of the presidency will gain ground and he might suffer the fate of his predecessor Thabo Mvuyelwa Mbeki...

• Ace Magashule: The Free State Premier was once a fierce opponent of Thabo Mbeki...

Before that he focussed on Abyei predicting resolution within a month with help from Britain China Russia and South African ex-President Thabo Mbeki...

Iraj Abedian of Pan African Capital Holdings an architect of ex-President Thabo Mbeki’s Growth Employment and Redistribution strategy (Gear) says this is unsustainable...

As next year’s centenary of the African National Congress approaches a row is raging over how to portray Presidents Nelson Mandela Thabo Mbeki and Jacob Zuma in the ANC’s official history...