Editing Thabo Mbeki (section)

===Awards===
Mbeki was awarded the Good Governance Award in 1997 by the US-based [[Corporate Council on Africa]].<ref name="goodgovernance">{{cite web |year = 1997 |url = http://www.info.gov.za/speeches/1997/04210w71197.htm |title = Deputy President Thabo Mbeki to receive Good Governance Award |publisher = Office of the Executive Deputy President Mbeki |access-date = 19 December 2007 |url-status = dead |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20071227155242/http://www.info.gov.za/speeches/1997/04210w71197.htm |archive-date = 27 December 2007 |df = dmy-all}}</ref> He received the Newsmaker of the year award from Pretoria News Press Association in 2000<ref name="timeline" /> and repeated the honour in 2008, this time under the auspices of media research company Monitoring South Africa.<ref>South African Press Agency. "Former President Thabo Mbeki is newsmaker of the year." ''[[The Times]]'' (South Africa), 11 December 2008.</ref> In honour of his commitment to democracy in the new South Africa, Mbeki was awarded the [[Oliver Tambo]]/Johnny Makatini Freedom Award in 2000.<ref name="timeline" /> Mbeki was awarded the Peace and Reconciliation Award at the Gandhi Awards for Reconciliation in [[Durban]] in 2003.<ref name="peaceaward">{{cite web |year = 2003 |url = http://www.info.gov.za/speeches/2003/03060609461009.htm |title = President Mbeki receives Peace and Reconciliation Award |publisher = the Presidency |access-date = 19 December 2007 |url-status = dead |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20071227155256/http://www.info.gov.za/speeches/2003/03060609461009.htm |archive-date = 27 December 2007 |df = dmy-all}}</ref> In 2004, Mbeki was awarded the Good Brother Award by Washington, D.C.'s National Congress of Black Women for his commitment to gender equality and the emancipation of women in South Africa.<ref name="goodbrother">{{cite web |year = 2004 |url = http://www.info.gov.za/speeches/2004/04090908151002.htm |title = President Thabo Mbeki to receive Good Brother Award |publisher = Department of Foreign Affairs |access-date = 19 December 2007 |url-status = dead |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20071227155303/http://www.info.gov.za/speeches/2004/04090908151002.htm |archive-date = 27 December 2007 |df = dmy-all}}</ref> In 2005, he was also awarded the [[Champions of the Earth|Champion of the Earth Award]] by the United Nations.<ref name="champion">{{cite web |year=2005 |url=http://www.unep.org/Documents.Multilingual/Default.asp?DocumentID=430&ArticleID=4769&l=en |title=UNEP Names Seven 'Champions of the Earth' |publisher=United Nations Environment Programme |access-date=19 December 2007 |archive-date=12 December 2007 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071212031513/http://www.unep.org/Documents.Multilingual/Default.asp?DocumentID=430&ArticleID=4769&l=en |url-status=dead }}</ref> During the European-wide Action Week Against Racism in 2005, Mbeki was awarded the Rotterdamse Jongeren Raad (RJR) Antidiscrimination Award by the Netherlands.<ref name="racismaward">{{cite web |year = 2005 |url = http://www.united.non-profit.nl/pages/rep05mrt.htm#NET |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20051219123333/http://www.united.non-profit.nl/pages/rep05mrt.htm#NET |url-status = dead |archive-date = 19 December 2005 |title = NETHERLANDS: Dutch NGOs united their forces to fight against growing racism |publisher = [[UNITED for Intercultural Action]] |access-date = 19 December 2007}}</ref> In 2006, he was awarded the Presidential Award for his outstanding service to economic growth and investor confidence in South Africa and Africa and for his role in the international arena by the South African Chambers of Commerce and Industry.<ref name="chambersaward">{{cite web |year = 2006 |url = http://www.info.gov.za/speeches/2006/06051016451002.htm |title = President Thabo Mbeki to attend the annual general conference of the Chambers of Commerce and Industry South Africa (CHAMSA) |publisher = The Presidency |access-date = 19 December 2007 |url-status = dead |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20071227155326/http://www.info.gov.za/speeches/2006/06051016451002.htm |archive-date = 27 December 2007 |df = dmy-all}}</ref> In 2007 Mbeki was awarded the [[Confederation of African Football]]'s Order of Merit for his contribution to football on the continent.<ref name="footballmerit">{{cite web |year = 2007 |url = http://www.sagoodnews.co.za/sa_teaching_the_world/mbeki_awarded_cafs_order_of_merit.html |title = Mbeki awarded CAF's Order of Merit |work = The Good News |access-date = 19 December 2007 |url-status = dead |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20071227153128/http://www.sagoodnews.co.za/sa_teaching_the_world/mbeki_awarded_cafs_order_of_merit.html |archive-date = 27 December 2007 |df = dmy-all}}</ref>