Tshepo Motsepe (born 17 June 1953) is a South African physician and businesswoman. She is the

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, as the wife of

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, the

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. She is the older sister of Bridgette Radebe and her brother is

Patrice Motsepe Patrice Tlhopane Motsepe (born 28 January 1962) is a South African mining billionaire businessman. Since 12 March 2021, he has been serving as the President of the Confederation of African Football. He is the founder and executive chairman of ...

Biography

Tshepo Motsepe studied as a medical doctor at the

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and completed her masters in public health at

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. In 2012, she completed a Social Entrepreneurship Certificate Program (SECP) at the

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. She is the current chairperson of the African Self Help Trust (ASHA Trust), focusing on Early Childhood Development and Education. She has worked in both public and private practice in

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, and in Zimbabwe. She's a former Deputy Director of The Reproductive Health Research Institute.

Family

Motsepe is married to

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, 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

, and her sister Bridgette Radebe, wife of

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(ANC) politician and former Minister of Energy,

Jeff Radebe Jeffrey Thamsanqa "Jeff" Radebe (born 18 February 1953) is a South African politician who was last appointed as Minister of Energy by Cyril Ramaphosa on 26 February 2018. He served in the government of South Africa as Minister in the Presidency ...

References

Living people People from Soweto University of KwaZulu-Natal alumni Harvard School of Public Health alumni First Ladies of South Africa South African Tswana people 1953 births {{SouthAfrica-business-bio-stub