ANC freedom fighter and South African President Thabo Mbeki was born June 18, 1942
Thabo Mbeki, South Africa’s second President was born June 18, 1942 in Idutywa, Transkei.
“Our experience over the last 20 years has shown that indeed people must themselves become their own liberators. You cannot wait for somebody else to come and rescue you.”
Inauguration of President Thabo Mbeki
Issued in 1996 by South Africa
Thabo Mvuyelwa Mbeki is a politician who served as the second-ever president of a Democratic South Africa from 1999 to 2008. He spent the majority of his life as a member of the African National Congress (ANC) and was a leading figure in the struggle against the oppressive apartheid government, despite the fact that he worked primarily outside South Africa. This did not, however, deter him from wanting to see a change in his country.
Thabo Mbeki — AFA-AFA