13 Facts About Moeletsi Mbeki

Moeletsi Mbeki is a member of the executive council of the International Institute for Strategic Studies which is based in London.

Moeletsi Mbeki is the younger brother of former President Thabo Mbeki and son of ANC leader Govan Mbeki.

Moeletsi Mbeki has been a frequent critic of President Mbeki.

Moeletsi Goduka Mbeki has a background in journalism, with a resume that includes a Harvard University Nieman Fellowship and time at the BBC.

Moeletsi Mbeki worked for The Herald newspaper as a journalist while in exile in Zimbabwe.

Moeletsi Mbeki was a media consultant for the ANC in the 1990s, and is currently the chairman of Endemol South Africa, a TV production house, and KMM Review Publishing and Africa.

Moeletsi Mbeki has been director of Comazar, which rehabilitates and grants concessions to railway networks in Africa.

In 2003 it was revealed by John Perlman that the SABC had blacklisted a lot of political commentators and that Moeletsi was one of them, possible due to his political views.

Moeletsi Mbeki generated some controversy when he said that Africa was governed better under colonial rule than today.

In October 2006 Moeletsi Mbeki applied for an order to have Jonathan Moyo jailed the next time he visits South Africa.

Moeletsi Mbeki has been known to oppose certain Black Economic Empowerment deals in South Africa and has written articles for the Cato Institute, a USA-based libertarian think tank.

Moeletsi Mbeki was sued by employees when a think-tank he founded, the Forum for Public Dialogue, ran out of money and retrenched the employees.

Moeletsi Mbeki has written many articles about the political and economic situation in South Africa, Zimbabwe and the rest of Africa.