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Thabo Mbeki het gedien as Suid-Afrika se tweede president na die einde van apartheid, na Nelson Mandela se termyn.

Hy is geprys vir sy pogings om die land se ekonomie te ontwikkel, aangesien dit gegroei het teen 'n gemiddelde groeikoers van 4.5 persent per jaar in die nege jaar wat hy in die amp was.

Hy het gehelp om werk te skep in die ekonomie se middelsektore en die Swart Ekonomiese Bemagtiging (BEE) program geïmplementeer.

Gedurende sy tyd in die amp, het die groeiende swart middelklas die probleem vererger van 'n tekort aan opgeleide professionele mense, maar sy beleide het min gedoen om die ongeskoolde laerklas te help, wat bestaan het uit die meerderheid van Suid-Afrika se bevolking.

Opgeleide professionele mense het vinnig geëmigreer uit Suid-Afrika as gevolg van die hoë syfer van misdaadgeweld.

Op die kontinentale platform het Mbeki die meeste van Afrika se Direkte Buitelandse Belegging verseker en Suid-Afrika getransformeer in die vasteland se hooffokus van groei.

Hy het ook opgetree as bemiddelaar in sommige delikate kwessies op die Afrika-vasteland en bygestaan in die vorming van vredesooreenkomste daar.

Wêreldwyd, het hy gewerk daaraan om ekonomiese verhoudings te bou met Brasilië, China, Indië en Rusland deur die vorming van die Indië-Brasilië-Suid-Afrika Dialoogforum, wat gemik was op "verdere politieke konsultasie en samewerking sowel as die versterking van sektorale samewerking en ekonomiese verhoudinge."

Mbeki se termyn as president het geëindig in verdeeldheid in 2008 toe hy bedank het na 'n herroeping deur die African National Congress se Nasionale Uitvoerende Komitee.

Regter C.R. Nicholson het beslis dat hy onbehoorlik ingemeng het in die pogings van die Nasionale Vervolgingsgesag in die korrupsie-verhoor van Jacob Zuma.

Alhoewel die hoogste hof van Appèl eenparig gestem het om die uitspraak ongedaan te maak, het Mbeki se bedanking bly staan.

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Thabo Mbeki served as South Africa's second president following the end of apartheid, subsequent to Nelson Mandela's term.

He has been lauded for his efforts in developing the nation's economy, as it grew at a 4.5 percent average rate per year over the nine years he was in office.

He helped create jobs in the economy's middle sectors and implemented the Black Economic Empowerment program.

During his time in office, the burgeoning black middle class exacerbated the problem of a dearth of trained professionals, but his policies did little to help the unskilled lower class, which made up most of South Africa's population.

Trained professionals were quickly emigrating out of South Africa as a result of the high rate of violent crime.

On the continental stage, Mbeki secured most of Africa's Foreign Direct Investment and transformed South Africa into the continent's main focus of growth.

He also served as mediator in some delicate issues on the African continent and assisted in the formation of peace accords there.

Globally, he worked to build economic relationships with Brazil, China, India, and Russia by forming the India-Brazil-South Africa Dialogue Forum, which aimed to "further political consultation and co-ordination as well as strengthening sectoral co-operation and economic relations."

Mbeki's term as president ended in dissension in 2008 when he resigned following a recall by the African National Congress' National Executive Committee.

Judge C.R. Nicholson ruled that he had improperly interfered with the efforts of the National Prosecuting Authority in the corruption trial of Jacob Zuma.

Although later the Supreme [...]