PARLIAMENT - Newly elected President Kgalema Motlanthe was officially sworn in by Chief Justice Pius Langa at Tuynhuys, adjacent to Parliament, on Thursday afternoon.
Motlanthe was elected by majority vote of MPs in the National Assembly earlier.
Accepting his election, he said he was humbled and honoured by the faith and confidence placed in him.
“I undertake this responsibility fully cognicent of the duties and responsibilities that are attached to this high office and the expectations the people of this nation rightly have of the head of state,” he said.
Source: The Citizen
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