2008 South African presidential election

November 2023 November 2023 none South Africa presidential 2004 South African presidential election 2004 2009 South African presidential election 2009 25 September 2008 Kgalema Motlanthe at the 12th AU Summit (cropped).jpg Kgalema Motlanthe African National Congress 269 84.3% Joe Seremane.jpg Joe Seremane Democratic Alliance (South Africa) 50 15.7% President Thabo MbekiIvy Matsepe-Casaburri (acting) African National Congress Kgalema Motlanthe African National Congress 400 votes in the National Assembly 201 An indirect presidential election was held in South Africa on 25 September 2008 following the resignation of the President Thabo Mbeki. The ruling party, the African National Congress (ANC), with a two-thirds majority in the National Assembly of South Africa, elected Kgalema Motlanthe as president. The ANC indicated that Motlanthe would be a "caretaker" president until the 2009 election, after which ANC president Jacob Zuma would take office.http://edition.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/africa/09/22/south.africa.mbeki.successor/index.html Sources: ANC to name Motlanthe as successor to Mbeki 2008-07-14 CNN 2008-09-22 Jacob Zuma's election as ANC President Candidature for ANC President In terms of party tradition, as the deputy president of the ANC, Zuma was in line to succeed Mbeki as president of the ANC, and, by implication, the president of South Africa in 2009.ANC rank-and-file vote for change IOLZuma finds favour among his ANC comrades IOLZuma says he is ready to govern IOL Zuma was elected as President of the ANC on 18 December 2007 with 2329 votes to Mbeki's 1505 votes, making him the clear favorite to become the next president of South Africa following the 2009 general election, since Mbeki was constitutionally unable to run again. On 28 December 2007, the Scorpions served Zuma an indictment to stand trial in the High Court on various counts of racketeering, money laundering, corruption and fraud linked to the $5bn arms procurement deal by the South African government in 1999.https://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/africa/7163332.stm New charges for S Africa's Zuma 2007-12-28 BBC News The trial was to proceed on 4 August 2008. Zuma applied to the High Court to have the charges against him declared unlawful. Zuma's application was successful, and the ruling made inferences of political interference by Mbeki and others in Zuma's prosecution.http://www.iht.com/articles/ap/2008/09/12/africa/AF-South-Africa-Zuma.php Court win opens way for Zuma presidency in SAfrica 2008-07-14 International Herald Tribune 2008-09-22 Resignation of Mbeki As a result of the judge's inferences that Mbeki had interfered in Zuma's prosecution, the ANC National Executive Committee's decided to withdraw parliamentary support for Mbeki. Without that support, Mbeki formally announced his resignation on 21 September 2008. Parliament convened on 22 September and accepted the resignation with effect from 25 September, with 299 votes in favour to 10 against.http://www.gulfnews.com/world/South_Africa/10247168.html Gulfnews: Parliament approves Mbeki's resignation as South Africa's president 23 September 2008 https://web.archive.org/web/20080924124803/http://www.gulfnews.com/world/South_Africa/10247168.html 24 September 2008 dead In cases of such a void in the presidency, the constitution requires that the replacement elected by parliament to serve as the interim president until the next general election must be either the Deputy President, the Speaker of Parliament, or a Member of Parliament. ANC president Jacob Zuma was not eligible as he did not hold any of those positions at the time.Mike Cohen Nasreen Seria South Africa faces power vacuum as Mbeki forced out (update3) https://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=20601116&sid=aGH7aONXiiEk&refer=africa bloomberg.com 2008-09-21 2008-09-21 Deputy President Phumzile Mlambo-Ngcuka was not supported by parliament, apparently due to her close ties to Mbeki and because her husband, Bulelani Ngcuka was involved in the decision to charge Zuma with corruption.SA's Mbeki says he will step down https://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/africa/7626646.stm BBC News 2008-09-20 2008-09-21 Zuma said that the deputy president of the ANC, Kgalema Motlanthe, would become acting president until the 2009 general elections: "I am convinced - if given that responsibility - he (Motlanthe) would be equal to the task."http://www.afriquenligne.fr/south-africa%3A-mbeki%27s-resignation-effective-thursday-2008092312613.html afriquenligne.fr, South Africa: Mbeki's resignation effective Thursday 20 December 2021 23 July 2013 https://web.archive.org/web/20130723181357/http://www.afriquenligne.fr/south-africa%3A-mbeki%27s-resignation-effective-thursday-2008092312613.html live This was confirmed by the ANC.news.bbc.co.uk, Motlanthe: South Africa's safe hands Election In the parliamentary election, the ANC nominated Motlanthe, while the official opposition Democratic Alliance nominated Joe Seremane, its party chairman.http://www.thetimes.co.za/News/Article.aspx?id=850621 The Times - Motlanthe, Seremane nominated 2008-09-25 dead https://web.archive.org/web/20081006074027/http://www.thetimes.co.za/News/Article.aspx?id=850621 6 October 2008 Motlanthe was elected with 269 votes out of 361 cast to Seremane's 50.http://www.mg.co.za/article/2008-09-25-motlanthe-elected-south-african-president Motlanthe elected South African president 25 September 2008 See also Politics of South Africa References Presidential election Category:Presidential elections in South Africa Presidential election