There are calls within the ANC to oust Cyril Ramaphosa, disband the NEC, and replace the leadership with a national task team ...

In the past has publicly questioned the connection between HIV and AIDS, minimized the seriousness of the AIDS epidemic and did not support widespread treatment or testing for AIDS. Mbeki’s father was ...

As public trust in the ANC wanes, the race for the 2027 presidency heats up with lobbyists urging Mbeki, Motlanthe, and ...

Former President Thabo Mbeki has launched a blistering critique of South Africa’s intelligentsia on his new African Renaissance podcast.

Zackie Achmat, once at the center of South Africa’s push for lifesaving H.I.V. treatment, has come out of retirement as U.S. funding cuts and his own government’s inertia revive old fears. By ...

Former South African President Thabo Mbeki published an open letter on Monday, addressing his handling of the AIDS epidemic in South Africa. Contrary to what one may expect from a former head of state ...

In 1997, Thabo Mbeki, then 54, succeeded Nelson Mandela as leader of the African National Congress (ANC). Two years later, he followed Mandela again when he was elected in a landslide as President of ...

In terms of background, ideological formation, and current mode of thought, Thabo Mbeki's closest contemporary parallel is probably…Vladimir Putin of Russia. How else does one characterize a former ...