Former president Kgalema Motlanthe has cast his vote at the Killarney Country Club in Houghton‚ Johannesburg. Accompanied by his wife‚ Gugu Motlanthe‚ and flanked by Joburg Mayor Parks Tau‚ the former president told TMG Digital that his vote was no secret as he would be putting his mark next to the African National Congress.Kgalema Motlanthe & his wife, Gugu Mtshali, exit voting station in Killarney after casting their votes #AtThePollspic.twitter.com/ZQBKbfENwW— Lwandile (@LwandileFikeni) August 3, 2016async "Well as you know‚ my vote is a secret but I'll be voting for the ANC. I am confident that the ruling party will retain Joburg as I know the amount of work they have put in during the campaigns in the build up to today's local government elections.Live results, cool maps, fierce battlegrounds: follow the local elections on our web app:http://bit.ly/2apwZKU"I am highly confident that the ANC will do well."Asked how he felt about the absence of former president Thabo Mbeki not being on the ground to lure people to vote for the ANC‚ Motlanthe said: "Well... each one has to decide for themselves on what to do so we respect his views and decisions."Motlanthe's comments come two weeks after ANC veterans Mavuso Msimang and Tokyo Sexwale said Mbeki had a responsibility to campaign for the party regardless of his differences with the leadership.Following reports that Mbeki's family distanced itself from the ANC‚ the former president sent out a statement the day before saying he remained an ANC member in good standing.But he did not give any indication that he would accede to the ANC in Gauteng's request for him to campaign for the party...