Book Launch: The Thabo Mbeki I Know

The Thabo Mbeki I Know, is a book that celebrates one of South Africa’s most exceptional thought leaders.

The Wits History Workshop, The Thabo Mbeki Foundation and Pan Macmillan will host the launch of the book, The Thabo Mbeki I Know, edited by Sifiso Mxolisis Ndlovu and Miranda Strydom. Ambassador Welile Nhlapo and Dr Essop Pahad, contributors to the book will be in discussion with Philip Bonner, Emeritus Professor of History at Wits University.

The Thabo Mbeki I Know celebrates one of South Africa’s most exceptional thought leaders. The book is a collection of chapters by people who know and interacted with Mbeki from when he was a young man, a student leader, an underground operative, an influential figure in the discussion between the ANC and the National Party officials in exile; and first, as the deputy president and, later president of democratic South Africa and as an influential African leader in the continent and globally.

The contributors, comprising friends, comrades, statesmen, politicians and academics provide insights that challenge the prevailing narrative and present fresh perspectives on the former president’s life and times.

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