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Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. Pages: 195. Chapters: Thabo Mbeki, Thomas Blamey, George Tryon, Clements Markham, Harry Chauvel, Brian Horrocks, Robert Baden-Powell, 1st Baron Baden-Powell, Arthur Currie, Richard Owen, James Brudenell, 7th Earl of Cardigan, Edward Nicolls, Charles Napier (Royal Navy officer), George Grey, Frederick E. Morgan, Bernard Freyberg, 1st Baron Freyberg, Leslie Morshead, George Biddell Airy, John Monash, Arthur Cumming (Royal Navy officer), Reginald Pinney, George Eyre, Evelyn Barker, Frederick Knight (MP), Sir George Grey, 1st Baronet, Kenneth Arthur Noel Anderson, James Douglas (governor), Sidney Smith (Royal Navy officer), Robert Brooke-Popham, Tom Phillips (Royal Navy officer), Nick Parker, Charles Warren, Frederick Sykes, Samuel Baker, Robert Loyd-Lindsay, 1st Baron Wantage, Rowland Hill (postal reformer), Thomas Baker (Royal Navy officer), Edwin Alderson, Charles Burnett (RAF officer), Edward Sabine, Edward Victor Appleton, Peter Roy Maxwell Drummond, William Beveridge, Trafford Leigh-Mallory, Robert Spencer Robinson, Albert Hastings Markham. Excerpt: Thabo Mvuyelwa Mbeki (Xhosa pronunciation: born 18 June 1942) is a South African politician who served two terms as the second post-apartheid President of South Africa from 14 June 1999 to 24 September 2008. He is also the brother of Moeletsi Mbeki. On 20 September 2008, he announced his resignation after being recalled by the African National Congress's National Executive Committee, following a conclusion by Judge Nicholson of improper interference in the National Prosecuting Authority (NPA), including the prosecution of Jacob Zuma for corruption. On 12 January 2009, the Supreme Court of Appeal unanimously overturned Judge Nicholson's judgment but the resignation stood. Thabo Mbeki was the executive face of government in South Africa from 1994. During his time in office the economy grew at an average rate of 4.5% per year. Mbeki created employment in the middle sectors of the economy and oversaw a fast-growing black middle class with the implementation of Black Economic Empowerment (BEE). This growth exacerbated the demand for trained professionals strained by emigration due to violent crime, but failed to address unemployment amongst the unskilled bulk of the population. He attracted the bulk of Africa's Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) and made South Africa the focal point of African growth. He was the architect of NEPAD whose aim is to develop an integrated socio-economic development framework for Africa. He also oversaw the successful building of economic bridges to BRIC (Brazil, Russia, India and China) nations with the eventual formation of the India-Brazil-South Africa (IBSA) Dialogue Forum to "further political consultation and co-ordination as well as strengthening sectoral co-operation, and economic relations." Mbeki has mediated in difficult and complex issues on the African continent including Burundi, Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), Cote d'Ivoire, and some important peace agreements. He oversaw the transition from the Organisation of African Unity
