UThabo Mvuyelwa Mbeki wazalwa mhla zi 18 ku June ngonyaka ka 1942 endaweni encane yase mafamu e bizwa nge Mbewuleni e Eastern Cape. Ngonyaka ka 1956 ngenkathi u Thabo ena 14 wangena kwi African National Congress (ANCYL) kwathi ngonyaka ka 1962 wahamba e Ningizimu Afrika waya ekudingiseni.
Ngenkathi u Mbeki esekudingiseni wafundela ezezi mali enyuvesi yase Ngilandi iSussex University waze wathola iziqgu ze Masters. Emva kwa lokho wafundela ezobu sosha. Wabe esehlala e Zambia kwaze kwaba unyaka ka 1990. Ngonyaka ka 1994 waba isekela mongameli lika Nelson Mandela.
U Thabo Mbeki waba umongameli wesibil
“Uma nje kusekhona ubuphofu, ukungabikho kobulungiswa kanye nokuqhubeka ukungalingani emhlabeni, akekho kithina ongaba nokuthula okuphelele.” ~Nelson Mandela