The Thabo Mbeki Foundation has set the record straight: former South African President Thabo Mbeki is alive and well, contrary to online reports claiming he has.
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As the 30-year mark of our democracy beckons, we need an honest and open discourse about where we are and where we need to go - and black intellectuals need to keep their hands in the furnace of debate, writes Monde Ndlovu.