Election and Inauguration of President Kgalema Motlanthe of South Africa on September 26, 2008

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Kgalema Motlanthe, deputy president of South Africa's ruling African National Congress, arrives in Parliament in Cape Town.
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Etched against the backdrop of Parliament, Kgalema Motlanthe prepares to enter the National Assembly for the election of a new president under South Africa's Constitution.
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Arriving at Parliament for the vote were Trevor Manuel (right) - the finance minister whose formal resignation had caused stock markets to dip earlier in the week - and environment minister Martinus van Schalkwyk.
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An opposition leader shows the nomination for the only rival to Kgalema Motlanthe in the parliamentary ballot, the Democratic Alliance chairman Joe Seremane.
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Against the background of Cape Town's Table Mountain, the newly-elected President of South Africa, Kgalema Motlanthe (left) and African National Congress leader Jacob Zuma, walk from Parliament to the presidential offices, Tuynhuys.
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Kgalema Motlanthe signs formal documentation at his swearing-in by Chief Justice Pius Langa.