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‘Complete fabrication’: Mbeki rejects secret amnesty deal claims

Mail & Guardian · 19 October 2026 at 17:15

‘Complete fabrication’: Mbeki rejects secret amnesty deal claims

Former president Thabo Mbeki has strongly denied allegations of secret talks with apartheid-era generals to secure amnesty, calling the claims a complete fabrication during his testimony at the Khampepe Commission.

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