Thabo Mbeki

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President Ramaphosa honours Thabo Mbeki on 80th birthday (eNCA)

President Cyril Ramaphosa has honoured former President Thabo Mbeki for his wisdom and contributions to democratic South Africa.

We're rebuilding, restoring the economy and creating opportunities for our people." In his message to Mbeki on his 80th birthday, Ramaphosa has promised that Mbeki will live to see South Africa rise to its full potential. In his message to former president Thabo Mbeki on his 80th birthday, President Cyril Ramaphosa has promised that Mbeki will live to see South Africa rise to its full potential.

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Former President Thabo Mbeki celebrated at 80th birthday dinner ... (SABC News)

Friends and family of former President Thabo Mbeki will attend a gala dinner to celebrate his 80th birthday this evening at the Sandton Convention Centre, ...

Thabo Mbeki was elected President of South Africa 1999. Thabo Mbeki was born in 1942 in the former homelands of Transkei in the Eastern Cape. As one from a family of political activists, the young Mbeki joined the ANC Youth League at the age of 14, becoming a student activist in politics. Watch: Former President, Thabo Mbeki celebrated at 80th birthday dinner

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RECORDED | Former president Thabo Mbeki's 80th birthday ... (TimesLIVE)

Former President Thabo Mbeki is celebrating his 80th birthday today. Mbeki served as the second president of the democratic SA from June 14 1999 to ...

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HAPPY 80TH BIRTHDAY: Former President of South Africa, Thabo ... (KossyDerrickEnt)

Taking to social media, his foundation announced that Thabo is celebrating his 80th birthday today. On this day 16 June 1999, President Thabo Mbeki was ...

UNISA has celebrated the former President on his birthday today. We are grateful for the years he has dedicated towards our country and continent at large! UNISA wrote: "Today, the people of South Africa join former President Thabo Mbeki as he celebrates his 80th Birthday. We, at Unisa, are truly blessed to have him as our Chancellor. Happy 80th birthday Chancellor!"

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Ramaphosa celebrates Thabo Mbeki's character in a birthday ... (Eyewitness News)

Former president, Thabo Mbeki turned 80 on Saturday, and was honoured at a dinner celebration in Sandton.

It has been a comfort to us, and to me personally, to know we continue to rely on your honesty when we are not living up to the expectations of our people.President Cyril Ramaphosa "It is cause for celebration to have reached this milestone and good health, carried by a good spirit and as always, wonderful humour. 80 years is said to be an oak jubilee where the oak tree symbolises strength, endurance and wisdom.

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'One of our continent's most revered statesmen' – Ramaphosa ... (News24)

Mbeki served as president from 1999 to 2008. President Cyril Ramaphosa has heaped praise on former President Thabo Mbeki describing him as, "... one of our ...

As a former president and one of our continent's most revered statesmen, yours could well have been a retirement of contemplation and study far from the public gaze. But this was not to be your destiny. You continue to enrich our country's public life with your presence, your participation, and your counsel.

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Mbeki advocates conscientious youth organisations for Africa's ... (NIGERIAN TRIBUNE)

Former South African President, Thabo Mbeki has recommended virile, conscientious and upstanding youth organisations if Africa is to experience the much.

It was a particular moment when the rest of the world was listening to what Africa was saying. I must also say that it was a period when the rest of the world treated Africa with some respect. It was everybody’s engagement who wanted the liberation of South Africa. And necessarily as a consequence of that, there were many expectations that once South Africa was free, it would provide space for many other things to happen. By the time the members of the youth league elected me to part of the executive which was part of the leadership of the youth league. there was a time when eight leading members of the congress left and their departure left a major vacuum in the ANC. But there were certain tasks that had to be done. “We are proud of liberation; that we engaged in a struggle that defeated the apartheid regime and system.

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VIDEO: Former President Thabo Mbeki 80th birthday celebrations ... (SABC News)

Former President Thabo Mbeki is celebrating his 80th birthday today. Mbeki served as the second president of the democratic South Africa from 14 June 1999 ...

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