I was always very impressed by Thabo Mbeki. Not only did he look so nice

in his little suits, his hair was always neat and even though we had to put

Tipex in his beard to make him look older and more distinguished, he eventually

grew into the image of leader and visionary. His speeches were legendary. They

overwhelmed me with their brilliance. I never knew what he meant, but he

said it so nicely, quoting from Shakespeare, Woolworths and Thesaurus. But he

was never here. On the few occasions when Thabo Mbeki came to South Africa on

his short state visits, it was usually only before an election to show a

human side to his Mbekivellian designs. He would hug children, kiss old ladies

and shake hands. He became a man of the people. What we didn't know was

that after the cameras left, he would vomit for hours, allergic to the touch

of the common populace.

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