The Thabo Mbeki I know

Description

The Thabo Mbeki I Know is a collection that celebrates one of South Africa’s most exceptional thought leaders. The contributors include those who first got to know Thabo Mbeki as a young man, in South Africa and in exile, and those who encountered him as a statesman and worked alongside him as an African leader.

In The Thabo Mbeki I Know, these friends, comrades, statesmen, politicians and business associates provide insights that challenge the prevailing academic narrative and present fresh perspectives on the former president’s time in office and on his legacy – a vital undertaking as we approach a decade since an embattled Thabo Mbeki left office.

Edited by Sifiso Mxolisi Ndlovu and Miranda Strydom, The Thabo Mbeki I Know provides readers with an opportunity to reassess Thabo Mbeki’s contribution to post-apartheid South Africa, as both deputy president and president; to the African continent and diaspora, as a highly respected state leader; and to the international community as a whole.

Sujets

• Comparative Politics
• Political
• POLITICAL SCIENCE
• Lettres et linguistique
• Congreso Nacional Africano
• Biography
• Politics
• African National Congress
• Autobiography
• ANC

Informations

• Publié par: Pan Macmillan South Africa
• Date de parution: 01 juin 2016
• Nombre de lectures: 1
• EAN13: 9781770103429
• Langue: English

Extrait

THE THABO MBEKI I KNOW


THE THABO MBEKI I KNOW
EDITED BY
SIFISO MXOLISI NDLOVU AND MIRANDA STRYDOM
PICADOR AFRICA


This book is a project of the Thabo Mbeki Foundation (TMF). Initiated in 2012, it was the brainchild of Ambassador Lindiwe Mabuza, a former trustee of the TMF board, and supported by former TMF CEO Ambassador Dumisani Kumalo. It was made possible with the support of the board of trustees of the Thabo Mbeki Foundation and the current CEO Max Boqwana.
Oral History interviews were conducted by Sifiso Mxolisi Ndlovu and Miranda Strydom. They form part of the South African Democracy Education Trust’s Oral History Project.
The Thabo Mbeki Foundation has assisted in gathering the contributions for this book.

First published in 2016 by Picador Africa
an imprint of Pan Macmillan South Africa
Private Bag X19, Northlands
Johannesburg, 2116
www.panmacmillan.co.za
ISBN 978-1-77010-341-2
eBook ISBN 978-1-77010-342-9
© 2016 in published work Pan Macmillan South Africa
© 2016 in editorial arrangement The Thabo Mbeki Foundation
© 2016 in contributions: individual contributors
© in photographs: as listed in photographic credits
All rights reserved. No part of this publication may be reproduced, stored in or introduced into a retrieval system, or transmitted, in any form, or by any means (electronic, mechanical, photocopying, recording or otherwise), without the prior written permission of the publisher. Any person who does any unauthorised act in relation to this publication may be liable to criminal prosecution and civil claims for damages.
The views and opinions expressed in the text that follows do not necessarily reflect those of the publisher.
Project management by Reneé Naudé
Editing by Pam Thornley
Proofreading by Sally Hines and Sean Fraser
Design and typesetting by Triple M Design, Johannesburg
Cover photograph: Mail & Guardian / Oupa Nkosi / Africa Media Online
Cover design by K4


CONTENTS
ACRONYMS
Foreword by Barney Afako
Foreword by Mahmood Mamdani
I. FAMILY FRIENDS
Brigalia Bam
Tiksie Mabizela
II. AFRICAN LEADERS
Olusegun Obasanjo
Meles Zenawi
Pedro Pires
Ketumile Masire
Salim Ahmed Salim
Dumiso Dabengwa
III. CABINET AND GOVERNMENT
Essop Pahad
Mangosuthu Buthelezi
Aziz Pahad
Alexander Erwin
Geraldine J. Fraser-Moleketi
Frank Chikane
Wiseman Nkuhlu
IV. ADVISERS
Anthony Mbewu
Gloria Serobe
Joel Netshitenzhe
V. SOUTH AFRICAN AMBASSADORS
George Nene
Welile Nhlapo
Thandi Lujabe-Rankoe
Dumisani Kumalo
Nozipho January-Bardill
VI. CADRES AND COMRADES
Mongane Wally Serote
Snuki Zikalala
Andile Ngcaba
Jonas Gwangwa
Smuts Ngonyama
Mavuso Msimang
VII. SUPPORT STAFF AND MEDIA
Thami Ntenteni
Bheki Khumalo
Mpho Ngozi
Tau Thekiso
Miranda Strydom
VIII. ACQUAINTANCES
Albie Sachs
Danny Schechter
Anne Page
IX. FRIENDS FROM OTHER COUNTRIES
Ami Mpungwe
Anders Möllander
Randall Robinson
X. ACADEMICS
Ben Turok
Willie Esterhuyse
John Stremlau
Chris Landsberg
Patricia McFadden
NOTES ON CONTRIBUTORS
ABOUT THE EDITORS
PICTURE SECTION


ACRONYMS
AAM – Anti-Apartheid Movement
ACDEG – African Charter on Democracy, Elections and Governance
Africom – United States Africa Command
AGOA – Africa Growth and Opportunity Act
AIDS – Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome
AIT – African Institute of Technology
ANC – African National Congress
ANCYL – African National Congress Youth League
APF – African Partnership Forum
APRM – African Peer Review Mechanism
ASA – African Students’ Association
ASEAN – Association of Southeast Asian Nations
AU – African Union
BBC – British Broadcasting Corporation
BCM – Black Consciousness Movement
BEE – Black Economic Empowerment
BPC – Black People’s Convention
CDITP – Centre for Development of Information and Telecommunications Policy
COD – Congress of Democrats
CODESA – Convention for a Democratic South Africa
COMINT – Communications Intelligence
COMSEC – Communications Security (formerly Electronic Communications Security Pty Ltd)
COPE – Congress of the People
COSAS – Congress of South African Students
COSATU – Congress of South African Trade Unions
CPSU – Communist Party of the Soviet Union
DBSA – Development Bank of Southern Africa
DG – Director General
DIA – Department of International Affairs (ANC)
DIP – Department of Information and Publicity (ANC)
DOTforce – Digital Opportunity Task Force
DRC – Democratic Republic of the Congo
EC – European Commission
ECOWAS – Economic Community of West African States
ELINT – Electronics Intelligence
EU – European Union
EW – Electronic Warfare
FAPLA – Força Armadas Populares de Libertação de Angola (People’s Armed Forces for the Liberation of Angola)
FDI – Foreign Direct Investment
FESTAC – Festival of Arts and Culture
FNLA – Frente Nacional para Libertação de Angola (National Liberation Front of Angola)
FOSAD – Forum of South African Directors
FOSATU – Federation of South African Trade Unions
FRELIMO – Frente de Libertação de Moçambique (Mozambique Liberation Front)
G8 – Group of Eight (highly industrialised nations)
G77 – Group of 77 developing countries established in 1964
GAC – Government Advisory Committee
GCIS – Government Communication and Information System
GDR – German Democratic Republic
GEAR – Growth, Employment and Redistribution (Plan)
GNU – Government of National Unity
HAART – Highly Active Antiretroviral Treatment
HIV – Human Immunodeficiency Virus
IBA – Independent Broadcasting Authority
ICANN – Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers
ICASA – Independent Communications Authority of South Africa
ICBMs – Intercontinental Ballistics Missiles
ICT – Information and Communications Technology
IDASA – Institute for Democracy in South Africa
IEC – Independent Electoral Commission
IFP – Inkatha Freedom Party
IMF – International Monetary Fund
IPC – Internal Political Committee (ANC)
ISAD – Information Society and Development
ISSA – Institute of Satellite and Space Applications
IT – Information Technology
ITU – International Telecommunications Union
IUEF – International University Exchange Fund
KZN – KwaZulu-Natal
LEO – Low Earth Orbit
MAP – Millennium Africa Plan
MARNET – Military Area Radio Network
MDM – Mass Democratic Movement
MERG – Macro-Economic Research Group
MK – Umkhonto we Sizwe
MPLA – Movimento Popular de Libertação de Angola (People’s Movement for the Liberation of Angola)
MRC – Medical Research Council
NAASP – New Asian-Africa Strategic Partnership
NAFCOC – National African Federation of Commerce
NAI – New Africa Initiative
NAM – Non-Aligned Movement
NATO – North Atlantic Treaty Organisation
NCC – National Communications Centre
NDR – National Democratic Revolution
NEC – National Executive Committee (of the ANC)
NEMISA – National Electronic Media Institute of South Africa
NEPAD – New Partnership for Africa’s Development
NGC – National General Council (ANC)
NLM – National Liberation Movement
NUMSA – National Union of Metalworkers of South Africa
NUSAS – National Union of South African Students
OAU – Organisation of African Unity
OTB – Overberg Test Range
PABX – Private Automatic Branch Exchange
PAC – Pan Africanist Congress
PF – Patriotic Front
PMC – Politico Military Council (ANC)
PSCBC – Public Sector Collective Bargaining Chamber
RENAMO – Resistência Nacional Moçambicana (Mozambican National Resistance)
RPMC – Regional Political Military Committee (AAM)
SABC – South African Broadcasting Corporation
SACP – South African Communist Party
SACTU – South African Congress of Trade Unions
SADC – Southern African Development Community
SADCC – Southern African Development Coordination Conference (forerunner of SADC)
SADF – South African Defence Force
SALT – Southern African Large Telescope
SALT2 – Strategic Arms Limitation Talks 2
SANDF – South African National Defence Force
SANSCO – South African National Students Congress
SASO – South African Student Organisation
SATRA – South African Telecommunications Regulatory Authority
SIDA – Swedish International Development Cooperation Agency
SIGINT – Signals Intelligence
SITA – State Information Technology Agency
SRC – Students’ Representative Council
SWAPO – South West Africa People’s Organisation
TAC – Treatment Action Campaign
UDF – United Democratic Front
UN – United Nations
UNCTAD – United Nations Conference on Trade and Development
UNDP – United Nations Development Programme
UNECA – United Nations Economic Commission for Africa
UNISA – University of South Africa
UNITA – União Nacional para a Independência Total de Angola (National Union for the Total Independence of Angola)
USSR – Union of Soviet Socialist Republics
WCC – World Council of Churches
WFDY – World Federation of Democratic Youth
WIPHOLD – Women’s Investment Portfolio Holdings Limited
WHO – World Health Organization
WSIS – World Summit on Information Society
WTO – World Trade Organisation
YWCA – Young Women’s Christian Association
ZANLA – Zimbabwe African National Liberation Army
ZANU – Zimbabwe African National Union
ZANU-PF – Zimbabwe African National Union Patriotic Front
ZAPU – Zimbabwe African People’s Union
ZIPRA – Zimbabwe People’s Revolutionary Army