Now available in paperback. This volume brings together some of the most important speeches and interviews made by Thabo Mbeki since 1999, giving insights into his style of leadership and political ideology. An important collection for scholars and students of African politics. Index, 328pp, SOUTH AFRICA. TAFELBERG PUBLISHERS LTD.

Portrays the South African President as a patriarchal chieftain, a romantic, a diplomat, and a pragmatist. B/w ill, notes, bib, 225pp, SOUTH AFRICA. UNISA PRESS, 1868881695

Explores the intellectual traditions and elaborates on the central ideas upon which Mbeki has governed. Having had unprecedented access to the President himself, Roberts was ideally and uniquely placed to write with sympathy about the South African President. 296pp, SOUTH AFRICA. STE PUBLISHERS.

A selection of speeches by the South African president giving insights into his vision, plans and politics. Illustrated with b/w photographs. xii, 204pp, SOUTH AFRICA. SKOTAVILLE PUBLISHERS, 1919882014

As a spokesman for a country, a continent and the developing world, Thabo Mbeki plays a crucial role in world politics, but to many people he is an enigma. Drawing on extensive interviews with the man, Gumede creates a compelling account of the South African president. Covers Mbeki's attempts to modernise the economy and kick-start an African Renaissance, and investigates his controversial stance on issues from AIDS to Zimbabwe. Index, notes, 352pp, SOUTH AFRICA. ZEBRA PRESS. 1770070923

By the time he retires in 2009, Thabo Mbeki will have ruled South Africa, in effect, for the full fifteen years of its post-apartheid democracy: the first five as Nelson Mandela's deputy and the next ten as his successor. No African leader since the uhuru generation of Nkrumah and Nyerere has been as influential. Mark Gevisser's long-awaited biography is a profound psycho-political examination of this brilliant but deeply-flawed leader, who has attempted to forge an identity for himself as the symbol of modern Africa in the long shadow of Mandela. It is also a gripping journey into the turbulent history and troubled contemporary soul of the country; one that tries to make sense of the violence of the past and confusion of the present. As Mbeki battles with his demons, AIDS denialism to Mugabe, this account tracks us back along the path that brought him here, and helps us understand the meaning of South Africa, post-apartheid and post-Mandela. Index, bib, notes, b/w & col photos, 892pp, SOUTH AFRICA. JONATHAN BALL.

A comprehensive study of Thabo Mbeki's evolving leadership and the government which will shape the future of South Africa. The authors offer critical perspectives on his ideology and the mythology which surrounds him. Also available in paperback. Index, bib, refs, xvii, 293pp. ZED BOOKS, 1842771795