Thabo Mbeki

UMbeki wazalwa ngomhla we18,kaJuni 1942 eMbewuleni, ilali encinci kwindawo eyayisakuba kumhlaba waseTranskei, ngoku eyinxalenye yeMpuma Koloni . Owesibini kubantakwabo, wayenodadewabo omnye, uLinda (owazalwa ngo1941, wafa ngo2003), kunye nabantakwabo ababini, uMoeletsi (owazalwa ngo1945) kunye noJama (owazalwa ngo1948, wafa ngo1982).  : 54   Abazali bakhe yayinguEpainette (wasweleka ngo2014), utitshala oqeqeshiweyo, kunye noGovan (wasweleka ngo2001), unovenkile, utitshala, intatheli, kunye nomlweli ophezulu weANC kunye neSACP. Bobabini uEpainette kunye noGovan baphuma kwiintsapho ezifundileyo, zamaKrestu, ezinomhlaba, kwaye utata kaGovan yayinguSikelewu Mbeki, usibonda owayemiselwe ngokobukoloniyali.  : 4 Esi sibini sasidibene eThekwini, apho uEpainette waba libhinqa lesibini elintsundu ukujoyina iSACP (ngoko eyayisabizwa ngokuba liQela lamaKomanisi oMzantsi Afrika); nangona kunjalo, ngelixa uMbeki wayengumntwana, intsapho yakhe yahlukana xa uGovan wayokuhlala eLadismith wayokwenza umsebenzi wokufundisa.   UMbeki uthe "wazalelwa emzabalazweni ", kwaye ukhumbula ukuba ikhaya lakhe lalihonjiswe ngemifanekiso kaKarl Marx noMahatma Gandhi .   uGovan wamthiya igama lomkomanisi ophezulu eMzantsi Afrika uThabo Mofutsanyana .