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Oliver Tambo's death, 24 April 1993 (5 days after Hani's funeral); Mbeki's grief, wrote oration for Mandela to deliver at funeral; national chairmanship, building a constituency; Mbeki's relationships with Peter Mokaba and Winnie Mandela, both resented Ramaphosa, both vulnerable within ANC leadership, Mokaba launched Mbeki-for-president campaign 25 June 1993; Mbeki elected as national chairman, Mandela's preference for Ramaphosa as deputy president, Mandela consulted widely and selected Mbeki; Ramaphosa declined Minister of Foreign Affairs post; left for NAIL a BEE pioneering company; Mbeki thought Ramaphosa a beneficiary of a conspiracy against him, knew the economic policies he and government was to follow would not be popular with the left, Ramaphosa in cahoots with the left; Mbeki's conspiracy theories about the media and business establishment; race politics different in internal politics than in exile, UDF attracted large numbers of whites, exile movement a small number; negative criticism from media began after 1994, Mbeki: inappropriate to criticise a democratic government; by September 1995 Mbeki branded any media criticism of ANC as racist, critical black journalists criticised as Uncle Toms; real negative press provoked by his August 94 Press speech Unmandated Reflections; Mbeki felt abandoned by white liberal business community who favoured Ramaphosa; the 2001 alleged conspiracy against Mbeki, a coup plot driven by reactionary white business and media interests, conspirators: Tokyo Sexwale, Ramaphosa, Matthews Phosa, also marked the beginning of fallout with Jacob Zuma insinuated in the affair; Mbeki's belief that there were always conspirators set against his ascendancy.
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