Thabo Mbeki's Successes, Failures in South Africa South African President Thabo Mbeki leaves office next year. Mark Gevisser, who wrote Thabo Mbeki: The Dream Deferred, talks about Mbeki's accomplishments and failures since coming to power in 1999.

Thabo Mbeki's Successes, Failures in South Africa

Thabo Mbeki's Successes, Failures in South Africa

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South African President Thabo Mbeki leaves office next year. Co-host Renee Montagne talks to Mark Gevisser, writer and former journalist, about Mbeki's accomplishments and failures since coming to power in 1999. Gevisser authored the book, Thabo Mbeki: The Dream Deferred, which will be published in the United States next year.