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Kgalema Petrus Motlanthe ( Sotho pronunciation: [ˈkxɑ.le.mɑ mʊ.ˈtɬʼɑ.n.tʰɛ]; [1] born 19 July 1949) is a South African politician who served as the third president of South Africa from 25 September 2008 to 9 May 2009, following the resignation of Thabo Mbeki. Thereafter, he was deputy president under Jacob Zuma from 9 May 2009 to 26 ...
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Apr 30, 2024 · Kgalema Motlanthe is a South African politician who served as deputy president of South Africa (2009–14). He previously served as president of the country (2008–09) and also served as deputy president of the country’s ruling party, the African National Congress (ANC; 2007–12).
Kgalema Petrus Motlanthe was born on 19 July 1949 at the Boksburg-Benoni Hospital. He grew up in Alexandra, Johannesburg, Transvaal (now Gauteng). His parents, Louis Mathakoe Motlanthe, a cleaner and Masefako Sophia Madingoane, a domestic worker married in 1946.
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Apr 15, 2024 · On April 4, 2025, former President of South Africa, Kgalema Motlanthe, delivered a Special Lecture organized by the Center for Africana Studies, University of Pennsylvania, USA entitled, “30 Years of Freedom and Democracy in South Africa.”. Motlanthe is the third president of democratic South Africa. He was elected president by the South ...
Mr Kgalema Motlanthe. (Image: NMF) While working for the Johannesburg City Council in the 1970s, Kgalema Motlanthe was recruited into Umkhonto weSizwe (MK), the then armed wing of the ANC. After 11 months’ detention in John Vorster Square Police Station in central Johannesburg, he was sentenced to an effective 10 years’ imprisonment in 1977 ...
Dec 3, 2012 · AFP. Kgalema Motlanthe has already served as South Africa's president, if only for six months, and is now seeking to return on a long-term basis. The ruling African National Congress (ANC) will ...
Kgalema Motlanthe was born on 19 July 1949 in Alexandra township, Johannesburg, to a working class family. Most of his childhood was spent in Alexandra and much of his adult life was spent in Meadowlands, Soweto. In the 1970s, while working for the Johannesburg City Council, he was recruited into Umkhonto we Sizwe.
