Thabo Mbeki
Thabo Mvuyelwa Mbeki (watalwa mhlaka 18 Inhlaba 1942) ngusopolitiki wase Ningizimu Afrika lobekangumengameli wesibili lomnyama wase Ningizimu Africa kusukela mhlaka 14 Inhlaba 1999 kuya kumhlaka 24 Inyoni 2008. Mbeki washiya sikhundla sakhe ngemuva kwesicesilo selicembu lakhe, i-African National Congress (ANC). Ngaphambi kwaloko, bekalisekela lamengameli ngaphansi kwaNelson Mandela emkhatsini wa-1994 na-1999.
Indvodzana yaGovan Mbeki, losati semfundvo lesidvumile seANC, Mbeki bekangenele tembangave teANC kusukela nga1956, ngesikhatsi ajoyina iNhlangano Yelusha yeANC, futsi bekayilunga leKomidi Leliphetse Yavelonkhe yelicembu kusukela nga1975. Watalwa eTranskei, wasuka eNingizimu Afrika aneminyaka lengemashumi lamabili budzala wayokufundzela enyuvesi eNgilandi, waphindze wacitsa cishe emashumi lamatsatfu eminyaka ahlala ngesheya kwetilwandle, kwaze kwaba ngulapho iANC ivalwa ngemnyaka wa 1990. Wenyuka ngekuhlanganisa lelicembu kutekwatisa kanye nekukhangisa kanye nekuvikela kwa Oliver Tambo, kepha bekaphindze angumbhali lonelikhono, asebenta njengemmeleli we ANC etindzaweni letiningi tase Afrika. Bekangumsekeli wekucala kanye nemholi wemicimbi yetemachinga leyaholela ekucocisaneni kwekucedza lubandlululo. Ngemuva kwelukhetfo lwekucala lwentsandvo yelinyenti eNingizimu Afrika nga-1994, wakhetfwa waba lisekela lamengameli walelive. Eminyakeni leyalandzela, kwacaca kutsi nguye lobekangumlandzeli waMandela, futsi wakhetfwa ngaphandle kwekuphikiswa njengemengameli weANC nga-1997, lokwamenta kutsi akhone kuba ngumengameli njengalomele iANC elukhetfweni lwanga-1999.
Ngalesikhatsi angumsekeli wemengameli, Mbeki bekatsatfwa njengemgcini wenchubomgomo yahulumende Yekukhula, Imisebenti kanye nekwabiwa kabusha kwemnotfo, leyasungulwa nga-1996, futsi njengaMengameli wachubeka nekusekela imigomo yemnotfo lomnyenti. Ngalesikhatsi angumengameli, iNingizimu Afrika yabhekana nekwehla kwetikweleti tahulumende, kwehla kwekwehla kwemali lengenako, kanye nekukhula kwemnotfo lokunciphile. Noma kunjalo, nangetulu kwekugcina kwakhe tinhlelo letehlukene te social democratic, kanye nekwandzisa lokubonakalako kweluhlelo lwekuhlomisa bantfu labamnyama kutemnotfo, bagcugcuteli bavame kutsatsa inchubomgomo yetemnotfo yaMbeki njenge neoliberal, ngekunganaki lokwenele kwetinjongo tekutfutfukisa kanye nekwabela kabusha. Ngaletizatfu, Mbeki wakhula waba khashane nelicembu leANC, kanye nebaholi belicembu leANC's Tripartite Alliance, iCongress of South African Trade Unions, kanye ne South African Communist Party. Bekungemacembu esancele labesekela Jacob Zuma kunaMbeki ngekungevani kwepolitiki lokwacala ngemuva kwekutsi Mbeki amkhiphe esikhundleni sakhe sekuba lisekela lamengameli nga 2005.