When caricature displaces the truth, Mbeki said some observers had described him as aloof, intellectual, out of touch with the ANC membership and the people, autocratic, intolerant of different views, sensitive to criticism, paranoid, abused state power to promote his personal political ambitions, marginalised the ANC from discharging its responsibilities as the ruling party by centralising power in the State Presidency, and so on. “Much of this is written with no facts to substantiate the accusations or is, in some instances, based on deliberate misinformation. - published on Mbeki facebook page