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Kgalema Petrus Motlanthe

Date of Birth: 19 July 1949
Place of Birth: Alexandra township, Johannesburg


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Mnangagwa digs in

An inquiry led by Kgalema Motlanthe former President of South Africa into the military's shooting of six unarmed civilians amid protests against vote-rigging recommended compensation for the victims' families and prosecution of the perpetrators...


War resets the region

His unflinching stance was underlined when he met an African Union delegation led by Ellen Johnson-Sirleaf Joaquim Chissano and Kgalema Motlanthe...


ANC’s not-so-clean slates

In contrast Ramaphosa ally and former President Kgalema Motlanthe was not nominated at all while other key ANC members such as former Finance Minister Trevor Manuel now a leading business executive declined nomination...


Finding for the government

These requests were denied by former South African President Kgalema Motlanthe the chair of the commission and the interviews were heard in public...


The tail that wags the dog

A high-level ANC committee on land distribution led by the former President Kgalema Motlanthe recommended a 'review' of the Ingonyama Trust and similar arrangements...


'Dirty tricks' target Cyril

As a result there is an outside chance that a unity candidate such as former President Kgalema Motlanthe could win the day from the floor if delegates become consumed by the prospect of a divided party losing its majority in the 2019 national poll...


ANC dilemma deepens

HeavyweightsFuture South Africa has the backing of the foundations set up by the late President Nelson Mandela his confidant Ahmed Mohamed 'Kathy' Kathrada who died in March and former ANC leader Oliver Tambo; Nobel Peace Prize Laureate Archbishop Desmond Tutu; and three former state presidents FW de Klerk Thabo Mbeki and Kgalema Motlanthe...


No place to hide

It includes Gordhan his former deputy Mcebisi Jonas ex-President Kgalema Motlanthe and prominent figures from business churches and academia...


Gigaba raises sights still higher

As all factions cast around for solutions to the knotty problem of the succession some ANC leaders outside the Zuma-Ramaphosa battleground want former Deputy ANC President Kgalema Motlanthe to take the presidency on an interim basis just as he did when Zuma defeated Thabo Mbeki for the ANC presidency at the 2007 Polokwane Conference (AC Vol 48 No 25 'Unstoppable tsunami')...


Starting the post-Zuma race

Although Mantashe didn't name them we understand from other ANC sources that the contenders break down as follows: • Nkosazana Dlamini-Zuma Chairperson of the African Union Commission: due to return home in January to run for the ANC presidency; • Baleka Mbete Speaker of Parliament: unambiguously pro-Zuma; • Cyril Ramaphosa Deputy President: the successor favoured by the ruling hierarchy; backed by business and trying to broaden his appeal to grassroots; • Zweli Mkhize ANC Treasurer General: former Premier of KwaZulu-Natal province with the highest ANC membership; • Kgalema Motlanthe former interim President of the ANC and the country: lost to Zuma in a bid for the party presidency in 2012 and has become an outspoken critic of his rule; and • Lindiwe Sisulu Minister for Human Settlements: former Chief of Staff in Zuma's Presidency...


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