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Ramphele, Mamphela

LC control no.nr 88003209
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Personal name headingRamphele, Mamphela
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Other standard no.51848589
Associated countrySouth Africa
Birth date1947-12-28
Place of birthLimpopo (South Africa)
AffiliationBlack Consciousness Movement of South Africa University of Natal. Faculty of Medicine University of Cape Town Old Mutual (Cape Town, South Africa) World Bank Global Commission on International Migration
Agang (Political party)
Circle Capital Ventures
Profession or occupationPhysicians College teachers Businesspeople Political activists
Found inZimbabwe, the lessons for us in South Africa, 1986: title page (Mamphela Ramphele)
SANB correspondence with author, February 4, 1987 (full name: Ramphele, Mamphela Aletta; date of birth: December 28, 1947)
A passion for freedom, 2013: title page (Mamphela Ramphele) page 4 of cover (born in a rural village in Limpopo; a medical doctor, an acclaimed author, academic and business leader, prominent in two political movements: Black Consciousness in the 1970s and Agang SA in 2013)
Dictionary of African Biography, accessed September 8, 2014, via Oxford African American Studies Center database: (Ramphele, Mamphela; Mamphela Aletta Ramphele; physician, entrepreneur, political activist; born 28 December 1947 in Limpopo province, South Africa; qualified medical doctor, University of Natal medical school (1972); head medical officer, Zanempilo Community Health Center (1975-1977); earned PhD from UCT (1991); appointed as the first black female vice chancellor in South Africa at UCT; served on the board, Institute for a Democratic South Africa and the Independent Development Trust (1990s); served on the boards of Old Mutual and Anglo American; managing director of the World Bank (2000); cochaired, Global Commission on International Migration (2004-2005); founded Circle Capital Ventures, South Africa (2004))
Equivalent(s)Ramphele, Mamphela, 1947-
Associated languageeng