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News24
March 9, 2018
When Thabo Mbeki was president Gigaba could be mistaken for his political clone. His mannerisms – from the way he would read his speeches, how he would clear his throat and the extent to which he would quote books – it sounded and looked like he was the next Mbeki in the making. And if, as is oftenÃâà...
Times Higher Education (THE)
March 9, 2018
South Africa's move to make higher education free for most students will lead to high dropout rates and create problems of capacity in the university sector, Thabo Mbeki, the country's former president, has warned. Mr Mbeki, who led the country from 1999 to 2008 and is now chancellor of the University ofÃâà...
Times LIVE
March 4, 2018
The Thabo Mbeki Foundation says that neither it nor the office of former president Thabo Mbeki have received invitations to attend ANC events leading up to the 2019 national elections. The foundation was responding to a statement by ANC spokesman Pule Mabe to the effect that “former presidents willÃâà...
eNCA
March 1, 2018
JOHANNESBURG - Former African National Congress (ANC) presidents including Thabo Mbeki, Jacob Zuma and Kgalema Motlanthe, will be roped in at Luthuli House to assist the governing party ahead of the 2019 general elections. This was revealed by ANC Secretary General Ace Magashule onÃâà...
Mail & Guardian
February 21, 2018
Sometime towards the end of his term as South African Reserve Bank governor in 2009, Tito Mboweni sought a meeting with Thabo Mbeki, who had stepped down as president of the republic some months previously. I remember that afternoon as if it were yesterday. The governor informed Mbeki that,Ãâà...
Independent Online
February 18, 2018
Ten years ago, South Africans were also glued to their television sets as former president Thabo Mbeki delivered the very same news. Looking at both former presidents' exit speeches, one thing stands out for most political analysts- Mbeki bowed out gracefully, while Zuma was defiant until the very end.
Times LIVE
February 17, 2018
Nearly 10 years after the September 2008 recall of then-president Thabo Mbeki, the ANC has recalled another sitting president. History will record these events - Mbeki's 2008 recall and that of Jacob Zuma this week - as a continuum in a chapter of fluctuating pluses and minuses in the national liberationÃâà...
Eyewitness News
February 13, 2018
He must just go.” One man says he doesn't understand why Zuma doesn't heed the call by his party to step down like former president Thabo Mbeki did when he was recalled 10 years ago. “He can't be stubborn for that long. Why doesn't he want to resign? Thabo Mbeki resigned peacefully without makingÃâà...
Times LIVE
February 13, 2018
The Thabo Mbeki Foundation has welcomed what it calls the “long overdue” recall of President Jacob Zuma‚ saying it will provide the possibility for the ANC to urgently and immediately attend to the many challenges and negative developments which have arisen during his presidency. It said that for a longÃâà...
