In Sesotho, we have a saying “ha ho tjaka tlhoka-koli”, which means that even the best have their faults. Mbeki while indeed he might have had his faults, I believe in him. And not because he is a man born of a Mosotho woman but because of his African dream! A dream he reiterated in his resignation speech that “Africa and Africans will not and must not be the wretched of the earth in perpetuity”. Therefore despite all his faults, I hope at the very least that all will regard his legacy to be this wonderful dream that is worth realising.

So Mbeki, son of the African soil, adieu, adieu, adieu!