Mbete the new deputy president
2008-09-25 17:22
Cape Town - Newly elected President Kgalema Motlanthe on Thursday named Baleka Mbete as his deputy president.
Speaking in the National Assembly, he also announced his Cabinet, which included Finance Minister Trevor Manuel and Foreign Affairs Minister Nkosazana Dlamini-Zuma.
Motlanthe said in the interest of establishing immediate stability and certainty, he had thought it important not to delay in filling whatever vacancies might have occurred in government and confirming the Cabinet.
- SAPA