First lady steps out of the shadows with official visit to the US
Dr Tshepo Motsepe will visit her alma mater, Harvard University, and attend the unveiling of a statue of Nelson Mandela at the UN
The presidency has announced that first lady, Dr Tshepo Motsepe, is embarking on an official visit to the US. President Cyril Ramaphosa is due to attend the UN General Assembly in New York, but Motsepe has her own official programme. It includes visiting her alma mater, Harvard University, where she will deliver an address at the Open Summit on Early Childhood Health and Development in SA. She will then attend the unveiling of the Nelson Mandela statue at the UN headquarters. The presidency issued Motsepe's impressive list of qualifications and leadership roles: • Motsepe holds a master of public health degree in maternal child health and ageing from the Harvard School of Public Health. She is a qualified medical doctor, holding a MBChB from the University of KwaZulu-Natal. She has also completed a social entrepreneurship certificate programme at the Gordon Institute of Business Science. • Motsepe has worked in private practice and in hospitals including Chris Hani Baragwanath Hosp...
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