Who is Dr Tshepo Motsepe? Meet South Africa’s stylish First Lady…

Social media was buzzing on Wednesday after President Cyril Ramaphosa shared a kiss with his wife during his inauguration. 

South Africa’s first lady, Dr Tshepo Motsepe, was at President Cyril Ramaphosa’s side on 19 June when he was sworn in as President of the seventh administration. 

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Motsepe was stylishly dressed in a dusty rose set and, after Ramaphosa signed the oath, he shared a heart-warming kiss with his wife.

So, who is Tshepo Motsepe?

She is a successful medical doctor and businesswoman.

She has a Master's Degree in Public Health in Maternal Child Health and Ageing from Harvard School of Public Health and a Social Entrepreneurship Programme certificate from the Gordon Institute of Business Science. 

If the name Motsepe is familiar, that is because she is the sister of mining mogul Patrice Motsepe. 

She also has another sister, Bridgette Radebe, who is married to Jeff Radebe.  

Motsepe met Ramaphosa on a blind date set up by her friends. She was 33 years old at the time.

“My friends kept saying I was getting old and needed to settle down… he was not my first choice, but my sixth,” she shared in an interview on Pasella last year.