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Mafikeng conference, December 1997, Mandela's decision to step down; Lekota chairman; Legacy of Mandela presidency, 1994-1999, a far better liberator, nation builder than governor; Mbeki's mission effecting real transformation, eschewed African paternalism; comparison of Mandela / Mbeki; Mbeki demonstrated middle-class prove-yourself impulse, from the amaqoboka class, Mandela raised a Thembo noble, chieftaincy a model of leadership, for Mbeki his father's study and mother's shop; both leaders ambitious triggered competition; were in agreement on key issues like economic policy, how to handle fall-out with alliance partners, clashed on foreign policy; the trial of Nigerian writer Ken Saro-Wiwa and 8 environmentalist activists (10 October 1995), expectation of Mandela to put pressure on dictator Abacha to release them, their execution November 1995 ; Mbeki criticised for his engagement with tyrants, Abacha poisoned 2 ½ years later, Nigeria shifted towards democracy; 1999 campaign trial; Mandela and Mbeki's conflicting approach to racial reconciliation; one good native syndrome, Mandela exceptionalism, Mandela the only man capable of leading; February 1996 Mbeki blamed in media for rand falling; Mandela wrote, under Mbeki's instance, don't praise me to damn the rest: hero worshipping unacceptable when coupled with denigration of deputy-president; Mandela and Mbeki's different understanding of history, healing and transformation; Mbeki attempted prevention of TRC findings, found it wrong and misguided to criminalise heroic struggles 1993 a great proponent of TRC and even-handedness; Mbeki later took issue with moral equivalence; Mandela portrayed as the great democrat and Mbeki as the tyrant-in-waiting; criticism of Mbeki from Vavi (alleged he was drifting towards dictatorship) and Blade Nzimande (the presidency overly powerful and centralised); the presidency central point of all policy formulation and co-ordination.
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