SOUTH AFRICA Presidents 1994- Nelson Mandela 1918 President 1994-99 Thabo Mbeki 1943 President 1999-2008 Ivy Matsepe-Casaburri 1937-2009 President 2008 Kgalema Motlanthe 1949 President 2008-09 Jacob Zuma 1942 President 2009-