JOHANNESBURG, South Africa — 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 ...

PRETORIA, South Africa – South Africa's deputy president says he is "agonizing" over whether he would accept leading the governing African National Congress if he's chosen during the party's ...

The University of Johannesburg (UJ) has honoured former president Kgalema Motlanthe with an honorary doctorate in politics and international relations, recognising his contributions to democracy, ...

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 ...

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 ...

CAPE TOWN, South Africa – A former anti-apartheid activist became the third president of post-apartheid South Africa on Thursday, but he is only expected to serve until a vote next year chooses ANC ...

Pretoria- The meeting between government, mining houses, and trade unions in Pretoria “will leave no stone unturned” in a bid to resolve problems in the mining industry, Deputy President Kgalema ...

African National Congress president Jacob Zuma on Friday lashed out at the media for "peddling" stories on President Kgalema Motlanthe's private life. Writing on the ANC website, Zuma said the ...

South African Deputy President Kgalema Motlanthe has broken months of silence to announce he will contest President Jacob Zuma for the African National Congress top post. The announcement comes only ...

When South Africa’s parliament endorsed Kgalema Motlanthe as the country’s interim president in September 2008, the leader of a minority party told a parable about a group of Afrikaner trekkers who ...