President humbled and honoured
2008-09-25 15:06
Cape Town - Newly elected President Kgalema Motlanthe says he is humbled and honoured by the faith and confidence placed in him.
"I undertake this responsibility fully cognisant 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 told the National Assembly.
Motlanthe is to make a further statement in the House at 17:00 after being sworn in by Chief Justice Pius Langa at Tuynhuys.
- SAPA