Although Mbeki was barred by South Africa’s constitution from serving a third term as president of the country, securing a third term as party president would have guaranteed him considerable influence in choosing the country’s next president in 2009
Ngakhale a Mbeki analetsedwa ndi malamulo a dziko la South Africa kuti akhale mtsogoleri wa dzikolo kwa nthawi yachitatu, kudzakhala mtsogolerio wa chipani chachitatu kukanamupatsa mphamvu zambiri posankha mtsogoleri wotsatira wa dzikolo mu 2009