Thabo Mbeki resigns as president of South Africa.

Thabo Mbeki

President of South Africa from 1999 to 2008

Thabo Mvuyelwa Mbeki is a South African politician who served as the 2nd democratic president of South Africa from 14 June 1999 to 24 September 2008, when he resigned at the request of his party, the African National Congress (ANC). Before that, he was deputy president under…