Kgalema Motlanthe : a political biography

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Author:

Harvey, Ebrahim.

ISBN:

9781431404384

Personal Author:

Harvey, Ebrahim.

Physical Description:

xxv, 420 pages : illustrations (some color), 1 map ; 24 cm

Contents:

Pt. I. Formative years. 1. Ancestral roots, youth and political baptism; 2. Life on Robben Island; 3. 'Meeting the real world'; pt. II. From ANC Secretary-general to Polokwane and parliament, 1997-2007. 4. From Mafikeng to Stellenbosch, 1997-2002; 5. From Stellenbosch to Polokwane, 2002-2007; 6. The Polokwane 'revolution' and its aftermath. pt. III. From Polokwane to the year of Mangaung, 2007-2012. 7. Kgalema, third ANC president of South Africa, 2008; 8. Kgalema, deputy president of South Africa, 2009; 9. A rough run-up to Mangaung, 2012.

Abstract:

Presenting a superb account of a man characterized by his reticence, this biography offers a rare and thorough insight into the life of one of South Africa's most powerful: Kgalema Motlanthe. From Motlanthe's ancestral family to his political awakenings as he discovered the African National Congress, this account traces Motlanthe's political path to become the third President of the Republic of South Africa. With impeccable timing and a real sense of history, this book contains wide-ranging interviews with Motlanthe himself as well as with family members, friends, comrades, and leading figures.

Personal Subject:

Motlanthe, Kgalema, 1949-.

Corporate Subject:

African National Congress -- Biography.

Subject Term:

Presidents -- South Africa -- Biography.

Politicians -- South Africa -- Biography.

Geographic Term:

South Africa -- Politics and government -- 20th century.

South Africa -- Politics and government -- 21st century.

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Presenting a superb account of a man characterized by his reticence, this biography offers rare and thorough insight into the life of one of South Africa's most powerful men: Kgalema Motlanthe. From Motlanthe's ancestral family to his political awakenings as he discovered the African National Congress, this account traces Motlanthe's political path to becoming the third president of the Republic of South Africa. With impeccable timing and a real sense of history, this book contains wide-ranging interviews with Motlanthe himself as well as with family members, friends, comrades, and leading figures in political organizations, civil society, academia, and the media. Unsparing in its scope, detailed in its revelations, and rigorously critical in its analysis,nbsp;this biographynbsp;reveals not only the complex politician but also the very human nature of the man.