Precious Moloi-Motsepe

Precious Moloi-Motsepe (born 2 August 1964)[1] is a South African fashion entrepreneur and a philanthropist of Tswana descent. Her company ran the Mercedes-Benz Fashion Week in Johannesburg and Cape Town.

Precious Moloi-Motsepe
in 2019 at a Schwab Foundation Gala Dinner
Born
Precious Moloi

(1964-08-02) 2 August 1964
Soweto
NationalitySouth Africa
EducationWits University (MBBCh; 1987)
Known forhead of Motsepe Family Foundation, University of Cape Town Chancellor
Spouse(s)
(
m. 1989)

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]

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 African Fashion International 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]

References
  1. "AFI Official FB-page wishes founder Dr Precious Motsepe a Happy Birthday". m.facebook.com. Retrieved 2020-04-06.
  2. "Winning Women: Revving Africa's engine". Fin24. Retrieved 2018-01-24.
  3. "Wits alumni - Dr P.M-M". wits. Retrieved 9 June 2020.
  4. "Africa's Top Power Couples". www.africa.com. Retrieved 2018-01-24.
  5. "UCT's next chancellor will be Dr Precious Moloi-Motsepe | Cape Argus". www.iol.co.za. Retrieved 2019-12-03.
  6. "Dr Precious Moloi-Motsepe celebrates a decade of fashion with AFI". Channel. Retrieved 2018-01-24.
  7. "Mercedes-Benz Fashion Week Cape Town Was A Windy Mess". Huffington Post South Africa. 2017-03-25. Retrieved 2018-01-24.
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