Kgalema Motlanthe was sworn in Thursday as president of South Africa, with the former union official widely seen as a low-key figure who will keep the seat warm until the ruling party's leader runs ...

South Africa's parliament has chosen a new president — Kgalema Motlanthe — who will hold office until elections next year. In a matter of weeks, the ruling African National Congress (ANC) engineered ...

JOHANNESBURG, SOUTH AFRICA — A low-key former mining union official, Kgalema Motlanthe, was sworn in as president of South Africa on Thursday, widely seen as a caretaker keeping the seat warm until ...

Kgalema Motlanthe is South Africa's new president. The country's parliament elected Motlanthe's after South African President Thabo Mbeki was forced to step down after he was found to be a part of a ...

Sept. 23, 2008, 4:55 AM EDT / Source: Reuters The ruling African National Congress will name party deputy head Kgalema Motlanthe as South Africa's caretaker leader after the ousting of President Thabo ...

Kgalema Motlanthe becomes South Africa’s president Thursday in an atmosphere tense with fears of political and economic crisis precipitated by the ouster of his predecessor. The deeply divided ANC ...

Drunken residents opened the doors of two of the first three houses visited by Deputy President Kgalema Motlanthe and Western Cape premier Helen Zille during a door-to-door visit to two Plettenberg ...

Former President Kgalema Motlanthe has firmly dismissed claims that his foundation withdrew from last week's National Dialogue Convention, stating that such reports are misleading and inaccurate. In a ...

Former South African President Nelson Mandela is undergoing specialized tests in hospital and there is no reason to panic over his health, Deputy President Kgalema Motlanthe said on Friday. Mandela, ...

His foundation said it was never part of the preparatory team like the other legacy foundations who pulled out because of disagreements with the Presidency over process and budget. UNISA hosted a two ...

Former state President Kgalema Motlanthe said despite some issues with the implementation of broad-based black economic empowerment (BBBEE), the policy should be expanded rather than scrapped.