Mr Mbeki, I remember you writing a piece in which you were declaring that you were African. I remember wrestling with my simple mind at that time as to what you really meant or even the relevance of it. What surprised me the most was the fact that you come from Africa and you are black. I am quite sure that any person who has a working mind would have called you an African without even knowing where you came from and without you even declaring to that effect. Sir, did you really have to declare that you were African or there was a subliminal message you were trying to send the world. Was it the Mugabe connection you were trying to tell us? Sir, I saw you on a Diamond conference in Zimbabwe, with Robert Mugabe of course! One is free to socialize with whomever, they wish! However, sir, it was what Mugabe said about you that can never escape my memory! Welcome Tambo, you are one of us, said Mugabe! To which you responded with a huge smile, of which if Stevie Wonder could feel i...