The wedding started right after 13:00 when guests started arriving at the special house in Houghton on 10 May – a special date for the ANC not only because it was the day the IEC announced the party won the highly contested 2014 general elections but because it’s a date that the founder of our democracy, the late former President Nelson Mandela was inaugurated in 1994.
Former KwaZulu Natal Premier and now ANC Treasurer Zweli Mkhize with ANC Deputy President Cyril Ramaphosa.
Crème-de-la-crème of the South African political landscape adorned the Haughton house sans Juju as y’all know how our President feels about him (think IEC election results centre sub *hides).
Kgalema and Gugu met when they were both still married but later Gugu divorced and Kgalema filed for divorce in 2011 but the divorce proceedings got heated as the estranged wife demanded R50k in maintenance (note to self never to get married if women are this mean). When the proceedings fell through in March after Kgalema agreed to pay R30k in maitainence and gave the ex-wife two houses, he wasted no time making an honest woman of his new sweetheart.
With this ring, I thee wed - Arch Bishop Thabo Mokgoba conducted the matrimonial ceremony of Mr and Mrs Motlanthe.
President Jacob Zuma poses with the newlywed couple Mr and Mrs Motlanthe.
You may now kiss the bride
Musician Ringo Madlingozi with Mr and Mrs Motlanthe entertained guests at the wedding reception.
Groom arrival: Deputy President Kgalema Motlanthe arrives at his wedding in Houghton, Johannesburg.
Kgalema and Gugu arrive at their wedding reception.
Confetti - over 300 guests congratulate the newlyweds as they depart to go have their photo session.
Minister in the Presidency for National Planning Commission Trevor Manuel and his wife Maria Ramos arrive at the wedding in Houghton.
More guests congratulate Kgalema
Home Affairs Minister Naledi Pandor congratulates Deputy President Kgalema Motlanthe
Chief Justice Mogoeng Mogoeng was among the guests.