Former South African parliament speaker Baleka Mbete (C) accepts her nomination as deputy president of South Africa on September 25, 2008 in Parliament in Cape Town. South African newly elected president Kgalema Motlanthe, who replaced former President Thabo Mbeki following his resignation, won 269 of the 360 votes cast in a secret ballot and gave his oath of office before the chief justice of the constitutional court Pius Langa, shortly after winning election in parliament. AFP PHOTO/POOL/RODGER BOSCH (Photo credit should read RODGER BOSCH/AFP/Getty Images)