Editing Thabo Mbeki (section)

=== 1971–75: Lusaka ===
In April 1971, having been pulled out from military training, Mbeki was sent to [[Lusaka]], Zambia, where the ANC-in-exile had set up its new headquarters under acting president Tambo. He was to fill the post of administrative secretary to the ANC [[National Executive Committee of the African National Congress#Revolutionary Council|Revolutionary Council]], a body newly established to coordinate the political and military efforts of the ANC and SACP.<ref name="Gevisser-2007a" />'''{{Rp|page=289}}''' He was later moved to the propaganda section, but continued to attend the council's meetings, and in 1975 he (again alongside Hani) was elected onto the ANC's top decision-making organ, the [[National Executive Committee of the African National Congress|National Executive Committee]].<ref name="Gevisser-2007a" />'''{{Rp|page=296, 317}}''' It was during this period that he began to [[Ghostwriter|ghostwrite]] some of Tambo's speeches and reports, and he accompanied Tambo on important occasions, such as to the infamous December 1972 meeting with [[Mangosuthu Buthelezi]], the head of [[Inkatha Freedom Party|Inkatha]], in London.<ref name="Gevisser-2007a" />'''{{Rp|page=|pages=327, 415}}''' In 1973, he helped to establish the ANC's office in Botswana, considered a "frontline" country because of its shared border with South Africa, where the ANC was attempting to re-establish its underground.<ref name="Gevisser-2007a" />'''{{Rp|page=317}}''' However, although he travelled frequently in subsequent years, the ANC's Lusaka headquarters remained his central base.
[[File:MoeletsiMbeki1978Amsterdam.jpg|thumb|215x215px|Mbeki's brother [[Moeletsi Mbeki|Moeletsi]] in [[Amsterdam]] in 1978, accepting an award on behalf of their father. The banner calls for Govan's release.]]