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Mbeki returning after 27 years in exile, reconcile different aspects of himself, his African Renaissance project, popular with the media; Cape Flats rally, expectations from upcoming talks, Mbeki the bag-carrier, Yeoville heart of exile community, being a stranger in one's country of birth; May 1990 Mbeki set up meeting between ANC and industry (Carlton Conference) discuss approach to post-apartheid economy, Mbeki kept his distance from rank and file, labelled a capitalist crony, the favoured son of the business community; volunteered to fundraise for the ANC, Mbeki's discomfort with patronage; lack of interest in material things; Mbeki's new friends Kögl, Kerzner, Douw Steyn, Bill Venter; bad publicity with birthday party held the day after Boipatong massacre; new social network of black professionals and business people, the Black Management Forum (BMF), tiny black middle class apolitical or Africanist; Nafcoc conference in Durban; 1988 leaning on Malaysian bumiputra programme, first time fundamentals of BEE were spelt out; ANC policy remained sceptical about BEE, ANCs lack of initiative, failure of BEE, Moeletsi BEE critic; black participation in mainstream economy, meeting with black business people at Ngala game reserve, The Renaissance Project; ANC DEP absent from the Renaissance Project; the Phinda and Mopane conferences; Mbeki, Högl set up a non-profit company to fund black economic empowerment African Renaissance Holdings; the Consultative Council, black leaders in business, politics, professions who would meet at the presidential home, to create greater understanding between them and the ANC, called the black broeders by the media, the fusion of roots-pride and personal aspiration.
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