Monwabisi Kwanda Mbeki

In 1976, Mbeki went into exile with one of Thabo's old comrades Phindile Mfeti. Mbeki had heard from Mfeti that his father was in exile in Swaziland and decided to join him. Mbeki's voice was heard for the last time over a phone when he told Thabo's friend that he was in Durban. He disappeared in 1981.^[3] Mbeki's disappearance in exile in 1981 was followed by his paternal uncle's disappearance in 1982 in exile also, his name was Jama Mbeki.^[4]

In 1998, both Thabo and Olive spoke at the TRC and found that the last place Mbeki was seen alive was at the ANC military base in Tanzania. It was assumed that both Mbeki and Mfeti were killed by the Apartheid government's forces.^[1]

In 2006, it was announced that a new enquiry was to be launched to try to find out what happened.^[2] It was noted that hundreds of bodies of ANC members killed by the authorities of the time have never been located.^[1]