Former South African President Thabo Mbeki (R) hands to the chairperson of African Union Commission Jean Ping, the report compiled by the high level panel on the Darfur crisis, at the African Union (AU) headquarters in Ethiopia's capital Addis Ababa, October 8, 2009.

Former South African President Thabo Mbeki (R) and current President Jacob Zuma talk after Zuma's State of The Nation address in Parliament in Cape Town, June 3, 2009.

Jacob Zuma is sworn in as president of South Africa by Chief Justice Pius Langa (L) as former South African President Thabo Mbeki (R) and his wife Zanele look on in Pretoria May 9, 2009.

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Jacob Gedleyihlekisa Zuma (C) takes the oath as he is sworn in by Chief of Justice, Pius Langa (L) as South Africa's fourth President since the end of the apartheid in Pretoria on May 9, 2009, as fomer South African President Thabo Mbeki (R) and his wife Zanele Mbeki look on.

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Former South African President Thabo Mbeki (L) waves as he arrives with his wife Zanele (R) at the inauguration ceremony of the newly elected President Jacob Zuma at the Union Buildings on May 9, 2009 in Pretoria, South Africa.

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Newly installed South African President Jacob Zuma(L) greets former President Thabo Mbeki(R) during the innauguration of President Zuma at the Union Buildings in Pretoria on May 9, 2009.

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Former South African President Thabo Mbeki (L) casts his vote at the Holy Community College in Kilarney, Johannesburg, on April 22, 2009 during South Africa's fourth democratic general elections.

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Fomer South African President Thabo Mbeki (R) and King Mswati III (L) of Swaziland attend a press conference after an emergency Southern African Development Community (SADC) summit on January 27, 2009 in Pretoria to break Zimbabwe's political deadlock.

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Fomer South African President Thabo Mbeki (R) and King Mswati III (L) of Swaziland attend a press conference (L) after an emergency Southern African Development Community (SADC) summit on January 27, 2009 in Pretoria to break Zimbabwe's political deadlock.

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South African former president Thabo Mbeki (C) arrives for talks on January 19, 2009 in Harare. Mbeki is mediating on Zimbabwe's unity government deadlock.

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South AFrican President Kgalema Motlanthe (R) accompanied by former President Thabo Mbeki (L) are pictured for the Day of Reconciliation event at Freedom Park, Salvokop, in Pertoria, on December 16, 2008.

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South AFrican President Kgalema Motlanthe accompanied by former President Thabo Mbeki arrives for the Day of Reconciliation event at Freedom Park, Salvokop, in Pertoria, on December 16, 2008.

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Fomer South African President Thabo Mbeki (C) is pictured along with hundreds of people who paid their last respects in Johannesburg on November 15, 2008 to music legend and anti-apartheid activist Miriam Makeba, whose death last weekend plunged South Africa into mourning.

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Fomer South African President Thabo Mbeki (C) is pictured along with hundreds of people who paid their last respects in Johannesburg on November 15, 2008 to music legend and anti-apartheid activist Miriam Makeba, whose death last weekend plunged South Africa into mourning.

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Fomer South African President Thabo Mbeki is pictured along with hundreds of people who paid their last respects in Johannesburg on November 15, 2008 to music legend and anti-apartheid activist Miriam Makeba, whose death last weekend plunged South Africa into mourning.

Former South African President Thabo Mbeki listens to the State of The Nation address by president Jacob Zuma (not pictured) in Parliament, Cape Town, South Africa June 3, 2009.

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Former South African president Thabo Mbeki listens to the State of the Nation address given by South African president Jacob Zuma, at parliament in Cape Town, South Africa, Wednesday, June 3, 2009.

Former South African President Thabo Mbeki and his wife Zanele arrive for the inauguration of President Jacob Zuma in Pretoria May 9, 2009.

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Former South African President, Thabo Mbeki, waves as he arrives at the inauguration ceremony of President Jacob Zuma at the Union Buildings in Pretoria, South Africa, on May 09, 2009. Zuma today vowed to follow Nelson Mandela's legacy of reconciliation in an inaugural speech.

Former South African President Thabo Mbeki casts his vote at Killarney, Johannesburg,April 22 ,2009. South Africans vote in a national election on Wednesday with the ruling African National Congress (ANC) facing its toughest test since it vanquished apartheid 15 years ago.

Former South African President Thabo Mbeki casts his vote at Killarney, Johannesburg,April 22 ,2009. South Africans vote in a national election on Wednesday with the ruling African National Congress (ANC) facing its toughest test since it vanquished apartheid 15 years ago.

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Former South Africa's President Thabo Mbeki takes question at the end of the Extra-Ordinary Summit at the Presidential Guest House in Pretoria, South Africa, Tuesday Jan. 27, 2009.

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Former South Africa's President Thabo Mbeki takes question at the end of the Extra-Ordinary Summit at the Presidential Guest House in Pretoria, South Africa, Tuesday Jan. 27, 2009.

Former South Africa�s President Thabo Mbeki looks on before the start of the Southern African Development Community (SADC) summit at the presidential guest house in Pretoria, January 26, 2009.

Former South Africa�s president, Thabo Mbeki waves before the start of the Southern African Development Community (SADC) summit at the presidential guest house in Pretoria, January 26, 2009.