What they've said about each other
On each other
Jacob Zuma Legal adversary (strong)
Jacob Zuma and Thabo Mbeki are currently aligned in challenging the legitimacy of a judicial inquiry into TRC delays.
I have been a member of the ANC for 52 years. There is absolutely nothing I have done through this half-a-century of struggle of which I am ashamed. Above all, I know of nothing I have done which, to my knowledge, constitutes a betrayal of the interests of the masses of our people and their confidence in the ANC.
Letter to ANC President Jacob Zuma
Thabo Mbeki Estranged former ally (strong)
Thabo Mbeki views Jacob Zuma as a political actor whose rise caused ANC setbacks and evasion of accountability.
It was the activation of that national security management system which produced that result,” Mbeki said.
Umkhonto weSizwe Liberation War Veterans conference