South Africa: Thabo Mbeki At 80 - Admired On the Continent More Than At Home

[The Conversation Africa] Thabo Mbeki, who succeeded Nelson Mandela as South Africa's second post-apartheid president, celebrated his 80th birthday on 18 June 2022. Following Mandela's era of multiracial and multicultural rainbowism, Mbeki had to squarely address the challenges of acute inequality and the numerous grievances of the black majority caused by colonialism and apartheid. This was tough work with no easy solutions.