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He fought this election as the champion of the poor and a man of the people, in contrast to his more cerebral predecessor, Thabo Mbeki.

Even South Africa, whose spineless president, Thabo Mbeki, is still refusing to criticise Mr Mugabe outright, has begun to turn against him.

Following the beating-up of MDC leaders last March, South Africa's president, Thabo Mbeki, has been trying to mediate between the two sides.

In contrast to his dour predecessor, Thabo Mbeki, Mr Zuma can charm the birds out of the trees.

Thabo Mbeki was ejected by the African National Congress from his post as South Africa's president.

This theory would not have mattered much except that Thabo Mbeki, a former president of South Africa, latched on to it.

DURING his annual state-of-the-nation speech earlier this month, President Thabo Mbeki acknowledged that many South Africans feel glum.

The mediator of the talks, South African President Thabo Mbeki is due back in South Africa Wednesday.

In particular, it appears he has decided to intensify his predecessor Thabo Mbeki's more cautious engagement with Beijing.

Tsvangirai says he wants no part of a mediation led only by South African President Thabo Mbeki.

The biographer of Thabo Mbeki revealed in November that the South African President remained unconvinced that HIV caused AIDS.

It was a colossal misfortune that Thabo Mbeki was Mandela's successor.

And South Africa's president, Jacob Zuma, is less prone than his misguided predecessor, Thabo Mbeki, to treat Mr Tsvangirai like dirt.

His predecessor Thabo Mbeki questioned main stream AIDS science and delayed the provision of life-saving drugs.

CAN Thabo Mbeki, South Africa's lame-duck president, truly believe there is no crisis in Zimbabwe?

Last May, the cabinet of President Thabo Mbeki approved a five-year plan to guide efforts against AIDS in South Africa.

President Thabo Mbeki's dissident views on AIDS and antiretroviral drugs reflect similar fears.

The talks are being negotiated by SADC-appointed mediator President Thabo Mbeki of South Africa.

All three deem South Africa's second post-apartheid president, Thabo Mbeki, a colossal failure.

But the MDC has lost patience with Thabo Mbeki, president of South Africa, who has been the region's appointed mediator.

He and Mr Rwasa embraced under the watchful eye of South Africa's president, Thabo Mbeki, whose staff had helped to broker the peace talks.

Thabo Mbeki's wilful ignorance over AIDS appalled her.

Some, such as South Africa's president, Thabo Mbeki, preferred disseminating untruths about the disease and how it should be treated.

He derides South Africa's president, Thabo Mbeki, whom he sees as a grey, cautious upstart (and who is a generation younger).