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At a Glance …. She founded two health centers for the poor and became an expert in community development. In addition, she has served on the boards of numerous corporations, received ten honorary degrees from international universities, and assumed the highest post at a prestigious university. In Ramphele was appointed senior director of the World Bank.

Her mother, Rangoato Rahab, and her father, Pitsi Eliphaz, were both schoolteachers.

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Instead of a mud floor hut, they had a brick structure to live in, however they still had to share an outdoor toilet with the rest of the village and travel miles by mule to visit relatives. Naturally, education was highly valued in her family, and Ramphele was an exceptional student. I was rarely challenged intellectually. At that time, tribal constraints demanded that meat be cooked by the men and enjoyed first by them before sharing with women and children.

No doubt her brave actions had. Career: Political activist, physician, educational administrator. Founded two community medical centers; University of Cape Town , academic researcher, deputy vice chancellor, , appointed vice chancellor, ; World Bank , managing director of human development, Ramphele began to recognize the harsh prejudices of apartheid at an early age when her older sister, Mashadi, was expelled from high school for participating in a demonstration against South African policies.

It was a painful blow to a family that so valued education. Soon after, when Ramphele was just eight years old, her family was forced to separate for nine months due to political uprisings in the village.