Tshepo Motsepe-Ramaphosa
Motsepe in 2019
First Lady of South Africa
Assumed role
15 February 2018
PresidentCyril Ramaphosa
Preceded byGertrude Sizakele Khumalo and Bongi Ngema-Zuma
First Lady of African Union
In office
10 February 2020 – 6 February 2021
ChairpersonCyril Ramaphosa
Preceded byEntissar Amer
Succeeded byDenise Nyakéru Tshisekedi
Personal details
Born (1953-06-17) 17 June 1953
Soweto, South Africa
Political partyAfrican National Congress
Spouse
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(m. 1996)​
Children4
RelativesPatrice Motsepe (brother)
Bridgette Radebe (sister)
Jeff Radebe (brother in-law)
Precious Moloi-Motsepe (sister-in-law)
Alma materUniversity of KwaZulu-Natal
Harvard School of Public Health
Profession

Tshepo Motsepe (born 17 June 1953) is a South African physician and businesswoman. She is the First Lady of South Africa, as the wife of Cyril Ramaphosa, the President of South Africa. She is the older sister of Bridgette Radebe and her brother is Patrice Motsepe.[1]

Biography

Tshepo Motsepe studied as a medical doctor at the University of KwaZulu-Natal and completed her master's in public health at Harvard School of Public Health. In 2012, she completed a Social Entrepreneurship Certificate Program (SECP) at the Gordon Institute of Business Science. She is the current chairperson of the African Self Help Trust (ASHA Trust), focusing on Early Childhood Development and Education.[2]

She has worked in both public and private practice in Mmakau, Mahikeng, Johannesburg, Pretoria, and in Zimbabwe. She's a former Deputy Director of The Reproductive Health Research Institute.

Family

Motsepe is married to Cyril Ramaphosa, President of the Republic of South Africa, with whom she has four children. Motsepe is Ramaphosa's third wife. Her father is the late Chief Augustine Butana Chaane Motsepe, her brother is the mining magnate Patrice Motsepe, and her sister Bridgette Radebe, wife of African National Congress (ANC) politician and former Minister of Energy, Jeff Radebe.[3]

References

  1. ↑ "SA's new First Lady, Tshepo Motsepe". Enca.com. 15 February 2018. Retrieved 17 March 2018.
  2. ↑ Schreuder, Nica (15 February 2018). "SA – Here's everything you need to know about your new first lady". The Citizen. Retrieved 16 February 2018.
  3. ↑ Matangira, Lungelo (15 February 2018). "Keeping up with the Ramaphosas: Meet SA's new first family". Ewn.co.za. Retrieved 17 March 2018.


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