President Thabo Mbeki is born
Thabo Mbeki
Date: 18 June, 1942
President of South Africa and African National Congress president, Thabo Mvuyelwa Mbeki, was born in Idutywa in the Transkei to political activists Epainette and Govan Mbeki. He was one of four children and grew up in the Transkei.
Click here to read about Mbeki inauguration in 1999.
Click here to read the criticism from The Financial Gazette Newspaper on Zimbabwean situation.
Click here to read Mbeki's views and interviews on HIV/AIDS.
Click here to read Mbeki's speeches, writings and statements.
Click here to read Mbeki's speech on 14 June 2005, when releasing Zuma as deputy president of SA. Source:
- Gastrow, S. (1992). Who's Who in South African Politics, no 4, Johannesburg: Ravan.
- http://www.iol.ie/~gittons/aids/mbeki.htm