Thabo Mbeki due in Harare for a public lecture on Pan-African Leadership

Former South African and ANC President Thabo Mbeki is due in Harare next week for a public lecture on Pan-Africa Leadership.

Mbeki is credited with bringing Zanu-PF and the MDC formations into a government of national unity, ending a decade-long Zimbabwean political and economic crisis.

The lecture, organised by Sapes Trust as part of its monthly lecture series, will be held next Tuesday.

According to the organisers, Mbeki's lecture will focus on the Africa Union, Sadc and the Zimbabwe transition.

Sapes Trust yesterday issued a statement saying that "His Excellency, former South African President Thabo Mbeki, will make a public address on the topic The AU, Sadc and the Zimbabwe Transition."

SAPES Trust, whose headquarters is in Harare, Zimbabwe, is a regional (Southern Africa) Non-Governmental Network which was established in 1987 as a project of the African Association of Political Science (AAPS). The impelling forces behind the formation of SAPES were the spirit of Pan Africanism, African liberation, particularly in the 1980s, and the intellectual discourses on regional integration in Southern Africa.  The Trust seeks to nurture social science research, teaching, policy dialogue, networking and publications in the Southern African region and beyond, through specific programmes, but with the deliberate intent to impact on policy and assist in the sustainable development of the region.