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Archive Home > 2008 > September > 26 > New president, doubt in South Africa

New president, doubt in South Africa


September 26, 2008

JOHANNESBURG — Kga-lema Motlanthe, 59, a former trade unionist once imprisoned during the apartheid era on charges of terrorism, was overwhelmingly elected Thursday by Parliament as South Africa’s president.

But whether he merely keeps the seat warm until elections next year....

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