South Africa’s new President,Kgalema Motlanthe,spoke to South Africa on Sunday afternoon via a televised speech outlining his hopes for the future of the country and his term of office.
He attempted to allay investors fears by stating that he would not change the economic policies put in place by his predecessor,Thabo Mbeki.These policies encouraged the longest [...]

After all the political drama of the last week many South Africans will feel better knowing that Pres.Motlanthe is supported by many people.
Business leaders,foreign and local,have expressed their confidence in South Africas new President.With Finance Minister Trevor Manuel’s resignation the financial market saw a flurry of activity that was generally negative but this was largely [...]

Members of the National Assembly congregated in Cape town at 11:00am this morning to cast their votes for acting President.There are in fact two nominated candidates.The DA has nominated the party chairperson, Joe Seremane.The other candidate is of course Kgalema Motlanthe,ANC deputy President.
Proceedings have briefly been put on hold while ballots are printed and MP’s [...]