Precious Moloi-Motsepe
Precious Moloi-Motsepe | |
|---|---|
 Moloi-Motsepe at a Schwab Foundation gala dinner in 2019 | |
| Chancellor of the University of Cape Town | |
| Assumed office 1 January 2020 | |
| Vice-Chancellor | Mamokgethi Phakeng |
| Preceded by | Graca Machel |
| Personal details | |
| Born | Precious Moloi 2 August 1964 Soweto, South Africa |
| Spouse(s) | |
| Education | Wits University (MBBCh; 1987) |
| Occupation | Businesswoman |
| Known for | Chancellor of the University of Cape Town |
Precious Moloi-Motsepe (born 2 August 1964)[1] is a South African fashion businesswoman. Her company ran the Mercedes-Benz Fashion Week in Johannesburg and Cape Town. She has been the chancellor of the University of Cape Town since January 2020.
Life[]
Moloi-Motsepe was brought up in Soweto. Her father was a teacher and her mother was a nurse.[2] She attended Wits University from 1982 to 1987 (MBBCh degree)[3] and became a hospital physician and general practitioner. In 1993 she opened a women's health clinic in Johannesburg.[2] She is of Tswana descent.
In 1989, she married Patrice Motsepe, a lawyer who was also brought up in Soweto.
Forbes Magazine estimated her family's wealth at $2.5 billion and noted that they were South Africa's wealthiest black couple. They have said that they intend to donate half their wealth to charity[4] and that they are the first couple from Africa to make The Giving Pledge.[5]
She founded the Motsepe Family Foundation in 1999[5] and she was leading it in 2017. She has a strong interest in fashion and in 2007 she founded an organisation called which encourages young South African designers. She ran the Mercedes-Benz Fashion Week in Johannesburg and in Cape Town.[6] In 2017, the Cape Town event was abandoned by Moloi-Motsepe after high winds in March, and rescheduled for the following April.[7]
It was announced in November 2019 that Moloi-Motsepe would become the chancellor of the University of Cape Town on 1 January 2020 succeeding Graça Machel.[5] The magazine Forbes listed her in 2020 among "Africa's 50 Most Powerful Women".[8]
References[]
- ^ "AFI Official FB-page wishes founder Dr Precious Motsepe a Happy Birthday". m.facebook.com. Retrieved 6 April 2020.
- ^ a b "Winning Women: Revving Africa's engine". Fin24. Retrieved 24 January 2018.
- ^ "Wits alumni - Dr P.M-M". wits. Retrieved 9 June 2020.
- ^ "Africa's Top Power Couples". www.africa.com. Retrieved 24 January 2018.
- ^ a b c "UCT's next chancellor will be Dr Precious Moloi-Motsepe | Cape Argus". www.iol.co.za. Retrieved 3 December 2019.
- ^ "Dr Precious Moloi-Motsepe celebrates a decade of fashion with AFI". Channel. Retrieved 24 January 2018.
- ^ "Mercedes-Benz Fashion Week Cape Town Was A Windy Mess". Huffington Post South Africa. 25 March 2017. Retrieved 24 January 2018.
- ^ Africa, Forbes (6 March 2020). "Africa's 50 Most Powerful Women". Forbes Africa. Retrieved 30 January 2021.
- Living people
- People from Soweto
- South African general practitioners
- University of the Witwatersrand alumni
- Event management
- South African women in business
- 21st-century South African businesspeople
- 1964 births
- Chancellors of the University of Cape Town