United Nations. During the European-wide Action Week Against Racism in 2005, Mbeki was awarded the Rotterdamse Jongeren Raad (RJR) Antidiscrimination Award by the Netherlands. 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. In 2007 Mbeki was awarded the Confederation of African Football's Order of Merit for his contribution to football on the continent. Patronages Thabo Mbeki Foundation Thabo Mbeki African Leadership Institute, an institute of the University of South Africa in partnership with the Thabo Mbeki Foundation Thabo Mbeki Presidential Library Thabo Mbeki School for Public and International Affairs based in UNISA. Foreign honours : Member of the Order of Excellence (2003) : Knight Grand Cross of the Order of the Bath (2007) Honorary Knight Grand Cross of the Order of St Michael and St George (2000). See also History of the African National Congress Operation Vula 2008 South African presidential election Frank Chikane Joel Netshitenzhe Bulelani Ngcuka References Further reading Short profiles: "The great persuader". The Guardian. 29 May 1999. "A man of two faces". The Economist. 20 January 2005. . Gowers, Andrew (21 February 2005). "A man in a hurry". Financial Times. McNeil, Donald G. (4 June 1999). "An intellectual guerrilla: Thabo Mbeki". New York Times. Russell, Alec (21 September 2008). "Thabo Mbeki: Aloof leader who fell from grace". Financial Times. Books: Adebajo, Adekeye (2017). Thabo Mbeki. Ohio University Press. . Gevisser, Mark (2007). Thabo Mbeki: The Dream Deferred. Jonathan Ball. . (Published in the United States as A Legacy of Liberation: Thabo Mbeki and the Future of the South African Dream. 2009. St. Martin's Publishing Group. .) Glaser, Daryl (2010). Mbeki and After: Reflections on the Legacy of Thabo Mbeki. NYU Press. . Gumede, William (2008). Thabo Mbeki and the Battle for the Soul of the ANC. Zed Books. . Chikane, Frank (2012). Eight Days in September: The Removal of Thabo Mbeki. Picador Africa. . Jacobs, Sean; Calland, Richard (2002). Thabo Mbeki's World: The Politics and Ideology of the South African President. Zed Books. . Siko, John (2014). Inside South Africa's Foreign Policy: Diplomacy in Africa from Smuts to Mbeki. I.B. Tauris. . Publications: Mbeki, Thabo (2002). Africa Define Yourself. Tafelberg. . Mbeki, Thabo (2022). Future Harbours: Letters from President Mbeki. Faber & Faber. .