Mamphela Ramphele: Biography of Mamphela Ramphele, Age, Partner, Career & Net Worth,<\/em><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

Mamphela Ramphele (born 28 December 1947) is a South African business woman, medical doctor, anti-apartheid activist, global public servant and political thinker.\u00a0 She is one of the\u00a0richest women in South Africa.<\/strong><\/p>\n

Ramphele was, at a time, the Managing Director at World Bank and has served as the Vice-Chancellor at the University of Cape Town.<\/p>\n

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Mamphela Ramphele Age<\/h2>\n

She was born on 28 December 1947 in Bochum District, Transvaal, South Africa. Ramphele is 73 years old as of 2020.<\/p>\n

<\/span>Mamphela Ramphele Education<\/h2>\n

She attended G. H. Frantz Secondary School, Bethesda Normal School and Setotolwane High School. In 1966, she matriculated from Setotolwane High School and went on for pre-medical courses at the University of the North.<\/p>\n

Ramphele holds a Bachelor of Medicine, Bachelor of Surgery from the University of Natal Medical School, a BComm in Administration from the University of South Africa and diplomas in tropical health & hygiene and Public Health from the University of the Witwatersrand.<\/p>\n

She also has a PhD\u00a0in Social Anthropology from the\u00a0University of Cape Town<\/a>.<\/p>\n

<\/span>Awards and Honorary Degrees<\/h3>\n

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• Honorary Doctorate at the\u00a0International Institute of Social Studies, The Hague, The Netherlands, in 1997.<\/li>\n
• Honorary Doctor of Law from the\u00a0University of Cambridge\u00a0in 2001.<\/li>\n
• Honorary Doctorate\u00a0in Humane Letters from\u00a0Hunter College\u00a0of the\u00a0City University of New York\u00a0in 1984.<\/li>\n
• Honorary Doctor of Science degree from\u00a0Tufts University\u00a0in May 1991.<\/li>\n
• Honorary Doctorate in Medicine from the\u00a0University of Natal.<\/li>\n
• Medal of Distinction from\u00a0Barnard College\u00a0in the\u00a0United States.<\/li>\n
• Ramphele is also a former fellow of the\u00a0Bunting Institute\u00a0and was elected as an honorary member of the Alpha and Iota chapters of\u00a0Phi Beta Kappa\u00a0at\u00a0Radcliffe\u00a0and\u00a0Harvard\u00a0Colleges.<\/li>\n
• Honorary Doctorate of Humane Letters degree from New York University in May 2007.<\/li>\n
• Admitted to the\u00a0Order of Simon of Cyrene\u00a0in 2010.^{<\/sup><\/li>\n}
• Officer of the\u00a0Legion of Honour, the highest decoration in\u00a0France.<\/li>\n
• Lifetime Achiever Award from the National Research Foundation in 2007.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n

  <\/span>Mamphela Ramphele Partner<\/h2>\n

  Ramphele had an affair with Steve Biko and had a son for him. Biko died in 1977 aged 30years.<\/p>\n

  Ramphele\u2019s son is\u00a0Hlumelo Biko.<\/p>\n

  <\/span>Mamphela Ramphele Career<\/h2>\n

  In 1986, Ramphele became a research fellow at the University of Cape Town, and in 1991, she was named one of the university\u2019s Deputy Vice-Chancellors. In September 1996, she was appointed Vice-Chancellor of the university, making her the first black woman in South Africa to hold such a position.<\/p>\n

  Ramphele was named as one of the World Bank\u2019s four Managing Directors in 2000. She was in charge of the World Bank Institute\u2019s strategic positioning and activities, as well as the Vice-Presidency of External Affairs. She was the first black woman to hold this position in South Africa.<\/p>\n

  She is the founder of Agang South Africa, a political party in South Africa. She formed the party in February 2013, she however withdrew from politics in July 2014.<\/p>\n

  <\/span>Mamphela Ramphele Net Worth<\/h2>\n

  Ramphele has an estimated net worth of R65 million which she has earned from her successful career.<\/p>\n

  <\/span>Twitter<\/h2>\n

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