Tshepo Motsepe

Tshepo Motsepe-Ramaphosa
First Lady of South Africa
Assumed role
15 February 2018
President Cyril Ramaphosa
Preceded by Gertrude Sizakele Khumalo and Nompumelelo Ntuli Zuma
Personal details
Born Soweto, South Africa
Political party African National Congress
Spouse(s) Cyril Ramaphosa
Children 4
Relatives Patrice Motsepe (brother)
Bridgette Radebe (sister)
Alma mater University of KwaZulu-Natal
Harvard School of Public Health

Tshepo Motsepe is the First Lady of South Africa as the wife of Cyril Ramaphosa, the President of South Africa.[1]

Biography

Tshepo Motsepe studied as a medical doctor. She graduated from the University of KwaZulu-Natal with an MBChB (Bachelor of Medicine & Bachelor of Surgery) and went on to complete her Master of Public Health (MPH) in Maternal Child Health and Aging at Harvard School of Public Health. In 2012, she completed a Social Entrepreneurship Certificate Program (SECP) at the Gordon Institute of Business Science (GIBS). She is the current chairperson of the African Self Help Trust (ASHA Trust), focusing on Early Childhood Development and Education.[2]

Over the years, she has worked in both public and private practice (in Mmakau Village and Pretoria CBD). She worked in hospitals in South Africa (Bophelong Hospital, Mahikeng and Chris Hani Baragwanath Hospital, Soweto) and Zimbabwe (Mutare, Chinhoyi, Harare and Parirenyatwa Hospitals). She's a former Deputy Director of The Reproductive Health Research Institute.

Her services outside of medical practice include:

  • Non-executive director – Wits Health Consortium
  • Board Member - HospiceWits (Hospice Association of the Witwatersrand)
  • Patron – South African Civil Society for Women’s, Adolescents and Children’s Health (SACSoWACH)
  • Served as Chairperson of Gauteng Health Department’s Accreditation Committee
  • Patron – Students Sponsorship Program (SSP)
  • Former board member Vaal Reefs Disaster Trust
  • Former board member Kids Haven Foundation
  • Former Membership – National Medical and Dental Association

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 Minister of Energy, Jeff Radebe.[3]

References

  1. ↑ "SA's new First Lady, Tshepo Motsepe". Enca.com. 15 February 2018. Retrieved 2018-03-17.
  2. ↑ Schreuder, Nica (2018-02-15). "SA – Here's everything you need to know about your new first lady". The Citizen. Retrieved 2018-02-16.
  3. ↑ Matangira, Lungelo (2018-02-15). "Keeping up with the Ramaphosas: Meet SA's new first family". Ewn.co.za. Retrieved 2018-03-17.


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