Tswana People - South African Tswana People, Sol Plaatje, Kgalema Motlanthe, Frances Baard, Moses Kotane, Lucas Mangope, Patrice Motsepe (Paperback)

Chapters: South African Tswana People, Sol Plaatje, Kgalema Motlanthe, Frances Baard, Moses Kotane, Lucas Mangope, Patrice Motsepe, James Moroka. Source: Wikipedia. Pages: 32. Not illustrated. Free updates online. Purchase includes a free trial membership in the publisher's book club where you can select from more than a million books without charge. Excerpt: Kgalema Petrus Motlanthe (pronounced ) (born 19 July 1949) is a South African politician who served as President of South Africa between 25 September 2008 and 9 May 2009, completing the second elected term of Thabo Mbeki. Motlanthe is currently serving as Deputy President of South Africa under current South African president Jacob Zuma. He is also concurrently serving as Deputy President of the African National Congress (ANC), again under Zuma. Motlanthe, who had thus far mained a low public profile, was elected to the presidency of South Africa by the South African National Assembly following the resignation of Mbeki, and was widely considered to be acting as a "caretaker president" on behalf of Zuma. Zuma succeeded Monlanthe on 9 May 2009 in a presidential election held by the South African National Assembly, following the 2009 general election which had been won by the ANC. Motlanthe was South Africa's first Tswana-speaking President. Motlanthe was previously a former student activist, trade unionist and member of the ANC's military wing Umkhonto we Sizwe during the struggle against South Africa under apartheid. Today, Motlanthe, a left-leaning intellectual, is seen as a highly skilled political operator within the politics of South Africa, and a key figure behind the success of Jacob Zuma. Motlanthe was born on 19 July 1949 in Alexandra township, Johannesburg, the son of a mineworker and a garment worker, Sophie Motlanthe. He attended the Anglican Missionary school now known as Pholoso Primary and matriculated from Orlando High School in Meadowlands, Soweto after h...More: http: //booksllc.net/?id=712030