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The Mbekis and Mpahlwas, the two leading gqoboka families; romance between Thabo and Olive Mpahlwa started in 1958, Olive's pregnancy discovered at the same time Thabo expelled from Lovedale; the Mpahlwas staunch Christians, Kwanda raised by the Mpahlwas till he was 10 when Epainette gained custody and changed his name to Mbeki; Mbeki studied for his final exam under Epainette; 1959: Verwoerd introduced Bantu Self-Government Act, the Transkei: SA's showpiece for separate development. Bhunga replaced with Bantu Authorities system, growing resistance against it; Govan Mbeki published the leaflet Izwe Lomzi from PE and reports on his trips into the Transkei in New Age. Thabo an agent for New Age in Idutywa; 1960: the year of Africa, the African independence movement; Mbeki sent to Johannesburg in 1960; Kwanda Mbeki very angry about his heritage, he became a migrant manual labourer (SA limited possibilities for black South Africans of Mbeki's class), he is believed to have disappeared in 1981 in the Vaal Triangle; other family members Jama Mbeki disappeared in 1984 and Phindile Mfeti in 1987; Olive and Thabo saw each other in Johannesburg till he left for exile.
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