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Kgalema Motlanthe
Kgalema Petrus Motlanthe is a South African politician who served as the 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 May 2014.
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politics · President of South Africa from 2008 to 2009 · politician · minister · also Kgalema Motlanthe, Kgalema Petrus Motlanthe, Motlanthe
Born 19 July 1949 · Q152327
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2026· 5 entries
“If you end up a leader it must be accidentally.”
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“s country at any point in history is always an honour. However, the truth is our nation is replete with luminous talent. Not only that, at some point serving leadership must give way, so that new blood, fired up with life-changing ideas, can take society to a higher level of development. Necessarily, the time comes when all”
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“s cabinet, and even having re-appointed several ministers, including respected finance minister Trevor Manuel, who had resigned after Mbeki”
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The Citizen: Former president Kgalema Motlanthe delivers Walter Sisulu memorial lecture
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2025· 1 entry
Times LIVE: 'Embrace critical thinking': Kgalema Motlanthe on digital manipulation
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2022· 1 entry
News24: 'My take on Russia's invasion of Ukraine is it should be condemned' - Kgalema Motlanthe
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2020· 1 entry
And former Nigerian president Olusegun Obasanjo co-authored an article in which they disowned their administrations' drug policies, arguing that criminalisation and prohibition were irrational and ineffective, and dec
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2019· 3 entries
Independent Online: Kgalema Motlanthe's 'vote a secret' as he pledges to vote for ANC
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Told the Sunday Times that the ANC's condition had deteriorated since Ramaphosa's election as ANC president
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“s condition had deteriorated since Ramaphosa”
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2018· 2 entries
That he was the first of South Africa's former presidents to have found "the right role" in public life, in his case as "a reluctant president, a caretaker who stepped in to steady the ship and gracefully retreated to a
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With a mission statement encompassing socioeconomic development, access to knowledge and education, and human rights and social inclusion in South Africa and in Africa more broadly
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2017· 2 entries
“would have learnt their lesson”
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Motlanthe chaired the High Level Panel on the Assessment of Key Legislation and the Acceleration of Fundamental Change, a government panel which made significant findings on land reform, leading to the Pietermaritzburg H
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2016· 1 entry
In which Kathrada had asked Zuma to step down from the presidency
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2012· 4 entries
Election won: 2012 presidential election.
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Told reporters that he was "not a politician"
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Campaign: 2012 presidential election.
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That, after Mandela, Motlanthe was South Africa's most highly respected leader overseas, "seen to embody the best virtues of the old guard of the ANC"
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2011· 4 entries
Cfr.org: South Africa: Kgalema Motlanthe
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The Constitutional Court ruled that the legislation disbanding the Scorpions had been unconstitutional, but Motlanthe has defended the decision as recently as August 2020
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Motlanthe's partner, Gugu Mtshali, had been involved in soliciting a R104-million bribe from aviation company 360 Aviation
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Public attention turned to the Protection of State Information Bill, which would extend the state's power to regulate access to classified state information and which was fervently opposed by the media, civil society gro
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2009· 3 entries
Career landmark: Deputy President of South Africa (2009–2014).
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“Being president means you have no life of your own. I actually don”
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Has made him appear a trustworthy figure
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2008· 5 entries
welt.de: South Africa: Kgalema Motlanthe to become interim president
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“s president between 2008 and 2009. He was closely allied with Mr Zuma, but later fell out with him. Mr Zuma is due to step down as ANC leader in December and as president in 2019. He is backing his ex-wife and former African Union commission chairwoman, Nkosazana Dlamini-Zuma, to succeed him. Her main challenger is Mr Zuma”
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Career landmark: President of South Africa (2008–2009).
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When Motlanthe criticised Malema for saying that he was willing to "kill for Zuma" and criticised the broader Youth League for its verbal attacks on the judiciary
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Journalist Fiona Forde wrote, using his nickname "Mkhuluwa" (English: "the Elder" or "Elder Brother"):
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2007· 1 entry
Had said that he would prefer overseeing Bafana Bafana, the national soccer team, to becoming president
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2006· 1 entry
Mbeki appointed advocate Michael Donen to investigate possible misconduct, but the commission never completed its work
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2005· 4 entries
Mail & Guardian: Kgalema Motlanthe’s office goes up in flames
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The same newspaper reported that Imvume had donated R11 million to the ANC shortly after receiving a R15-million advance on a state contract
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Shortly after Mbeki had fired Zuma as national deputy president
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“accurately and as faithfully as possible”
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2004· 1 entry
The Mail & Guardian reported that Majali's companies had purchased Iraqi oil – some of which was later sold to the South African state – under the widely abused United Nations (UN) Oil-for-Food Programme, possibly on the
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1998· 1 entry
Accusing the council of being swayed by corporate pharmaceutical interests
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1975· 1 entry
Motlanthe married Mapula Mokate
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1964· 1 entry
The Anglican church awarded him a bursary to study in Swaziland, but the Bantu Affairs Department of the apartheid government denied him permission to leave the country
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1949· 1 entry
Born 1949-07-19.
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