Issued by: Office of the Executive Deputy President T.M. Mbeki
It has come to the attention of the Executive Deputy President Mr T. Mbeki that there is an individual who is masquerading as his son. This impostor goes under the name Ebrahim Mbeki Chomba.
On the 12th April 1996, at a Muslim Conference in Laudium, Pretoria he was introduced as the son of "His Honourable Thabo Mbeki". The conference was organised by the Gaberone Islamic Centre.
The Deputy President has also been informed that this so-called Ebrahim Mbeki is collecting money in Botswana for some unspecified purpose.
The Executive Deputy President would like to inform the Public at large in South Africa and Botswana, that he does not know any Ebrahim Mbeki, let alone him being his son. This is yet another Con-Artist whose purpose is to swindle people.
Issued by: Thami Ntenteni Director: Communication
Date : 19 April 1996