Patrice Motsepe And Lekganyane Relationship (Patrice Motsepe Net Worth 2023)
One of the richest South Africans who has gotten attention of the media is Patrice Motsepe. He has been in the news headline, and people have been asking some questions like;
How did Patrice Motsepe make his money
What Is Patrice Motsepe Net Worth
Patrice Motsepe And Lekganyane Relationship
Well, these are some of the important questions we will have to answer. Before we go on, let us take a look at Patrice.
Who is Patrice Motsepe?
Patrice Tlhopane Motsepe who was born on 28 January 1962 is a renowned South African mining billionaire and a businessman.
Since last year, 12 March 2021, he was elected and has been serving as the President of (CAF) Confederation of African Football.
The South African is also known to be the founder and executive chairman of the popular African Rainbow Minerals, which deals on gold, base metals, ferrous metals, and also platinum. He is currently on several company boards, one of which is currently serving as the non-executive chairman of a gold company, Harmony Gold, the company is the world’s 12th largest gold mining company. He is also the deputy chairman of Sanlam.
Back in 2003, he was the sole owner of football club named Mamelodi Sundowns.
Patrice Motsepe Net Worth (How Rich Is Patrice Motsepe)
Currently, it is safe to estimate the networth of Patrice Motsepe to about $2 Billion.
Some years back in 2012, Motsepe was named South Africa’s richest man, he topped the Sunday Times’ annual Rich List with an estimated net net worth of about R20.07 billion ($1 billion).
A year later in 2013, he joined The Giving Pledge, the group are committed to giving half of their wealth to charitable causes.
Patrice Motsepe And Lekganyane Relationship
The CEO of South African company, African Rainbow Minerals by name Patrice Motsepe is many times seen publicly with Engenas Barnabas Lekganyane, the known founder of the famous Zion Christian Church.
They have been quite close that their relationship have set a lot of people wondering what is the kind of friendship between the duo.
The founder of Zion Christian Church, Engenas Barnabas Lekganyane, and the 8th CAF President. Patrice Motsepe have been having the closest of relationships and many mainly believe that they are probably related.
So far, there is no empirical evidence to show that the two are brothers. This statement is due to the fact that in African, relatives share the same surnames if they are related closely.
Motsepe has not made any public statement about his relationship with Lekganyane. At this point, it may be important to share that they have different surnames.
But it is possible trace one’s roots down a long lineage of ancestry, it is said that Lekganyane and Motsepe are cousins. But this piece of information has not been confirmed by Motsepe. However, in 2018, a Facebook post trended, where an account with the name Lekganyane stated that he had a confession, the account further stated that Motsepe is his cousin.
As the duo are mostly seen together at important functions and at the launch of some businesses, especially the TymeBank deal, it is believed that that Motsepe and Lekganyane are business partners, but the Facebook page above begs to differ. Well, we can not tell for sure.
Please note that Lekganyane, the founder of the Zion Christian Church passed a long time ago in 1948. While, Motsepe on the other hand is presently the President of CAF (Confederation of African Football).
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