Thabo Mbeki

of shaping their own destiny. Mbeki did not only speak about African renaissance as an African utopia. He formulated and implemented policies that supported his vision. He persuaded African leaders to adopt the initiative and he persuaded western powers to fund it, pointing out that the development and self-actualisation of Africa is also crucial for the West (Olivier, 2003). Following his resignation as president he established institutions such as the Thabo Mbeki Foundation, which serves “as an

Seventeen years have passed and the Apartheid era has ended, but the legacy it has left behind has caused South Africa’s rehabilitation and self-determination to be an obstructed undertaking. Unaddressed security problems of belligerent crimes and HIV/AIDS are a direct cause of the failure to manage the aforementioned legacy (Vercillo n.p.). Back in 1947, the growing desegregation which was caused by the liberation of India and Pakistan, helped spread the evidential racial equality. The Afrikaaner

South Africa from the period of 1999 to 2008, is Thabo Mvuyelwa Mbeki. He graduated in 1966 with a master degree in economics from London Sussex University. Mbeki spent most of his life occupying leadership positions as he served as the general secretary for Oliver Tambo in 1978, Chairperson of the ANC in 1993, Vice President for President Nelson Mandela in 1994, and eventually inaugurated as the President on June 14, 1994 (Biography, 2015). Mbeki as a President was widely recognized for not only

INTRODUTION 2 Rolihlahla Mandela was born in July 18th of 1918 in a village called Mvezo, situated in South Africa. He attended a Christian school where he was given the name Nelson as it was a custom to give Christian names to school children (Moloko, 2014). He was from a very poor family and always wanted to help his people out of such poverty. His parents raised him telling stories of their ancestors’ accomplishments and he begun to dream of doing the same, which indeed he did. DRAWING

The artwork entitled ‘What Do You Do T. Mbeki?’ by the artist Rose Kgoete was created for the Mapula Embroidery project. Mapula means “mother of rain” and this project was intended to address the awful poverty among women in Winterveld, an area North of Pretoria in South Africa. These women were encouraged to work on subject matters that were not usually addressed in public; hence this was a way for them to speak out. The image by Rose is a representation of social and economic problems affecting

role as a leader come out of Africa and engaging in Africa or through whom the established powers could engage with Africa. The Mbeki administration argues that the role given to South Africa was a role South Africa took on its own. The errors in South Africa playing the role of regional power may have developed during Mandela’s phase, due to over doing of goodwill. Thabo Mbeki’s role was to try bring South Africa to be a regional power and this is seen in the formation of the institutions. The rest

corrupt me, or to allow other people to manipulate those ambitions adversely, as happens with both Macbeth and Coriolanus. In this way I will always be surrounded by people and objectives that contribute positively to life. Therefore, I do agree with Thabo Mbeki.

In the text “The Loneliness of the Interconnected” by Charles Seife, he writes about the influence of the internet and how it can further push people into isolation. Seife conveys to the readers that through the internet today, people are a lot more close minded when it comes to what they believe in. People tend to shy away from the variety of information out there that can possibly prove their own beliefs to be wrong. Seife portrays one’s original beliefs to only get stronger when one encounters

The AIDS epidemic, from its beginning, has elicited a variety of responses from individuals and governments alike. Because the disease was originally shrouded in such mystery, many did not know how to react, which fostered a default fear of the unknown response. This attitude lead to many governments adopting a denialist policy, countless individuals living and eventually dying alone due to an unwillingness to report their illness for fear of consequence or prejudice, and this allowed the HIV virus

Corruption is evident throughout the entire world. From government corruption to simple bribery, corruption is manifesting itself into every country. If corruption is prominent in every country, why isn’t it broadcasted to the public? Dating back to imperialistic times, South Africa showcased how corruption can tear a country apart but not everyone was aware of the situation. After the British defeated the Dutch in the Boer Wars, they imperialize the country. On top of taking all of South Africa’s