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Slovo and Mbeki's competitive relationship, mutual antipathy, Slovo's attempt to prevent Mbeki from assuming presidency, mutual respect; Joe Slovo: one of struggle's largest personalities and thinkers, fashioned himself into embodiment of reconciliation, demonised by white South Africans, could be combative and doctrinaire; both Slovo and Mbeki sat on Politburo of SACP; serious ideological dispute after visit to Vietnam in 1978 on whether the organisation should declare itself a socialist organisation Slovo for, Mbeki against, Tambo supported Slovo, in the end Slovo retreated; SACP's Blade Nzimande and Mbeki; Mbeki prevented ANC from becoming communist party from as early as 1979; in 1985 only 5 non-Party members on the ANC's NEC; the Party's growing influence in the years of exile, SACP the higher authority in relationship with ANC; Mbeki questioned Slovo's candidacy for SACP leadership; Mbeki dropped from the Politburo, re-elected 2 years later; Slovo secretary-general of SACP 1986-1991; 1990; Mbeki and several other Party leaders left Party, Slovo thought members should come out in open, Mbeki thought some should stay underground; on being an African first and only then a communist; Mbeki carrying a racial chip on his shoulder?; the Fatton debate, white leftists/journalists etc presumed to talk for the African.
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