KGALEMA MOTLANTHE, a political biography

420pp., b/w & colour illus., paperback, Johannesburg, 2012

South African politician Kgalema Petrus Motlanthe served as the third President of South Africa from 25 September 2008 to 9 May 2009, following the resignation of Thabo Mbeki. Thereafter, he was Deputy President under Jacob Zuma from 9 May 2009 to 26 May 2014.

Ebrahim Harvey is a former Cosatu trade unionist and Mail & Guardian columnist.