South African billionaire Patrice Motsepe has donated half of his $2.65 billion to charity. The beneficiary is the
Motsepe Foundation, which was founded in 1999 by
the billionaire and his wife, Precious.
"I decided quite some time ago
to give at least half of the funds generated by our family assets to
uplift poor and other disadvantaged and marginalised South Africans.
"I was also a beneficiary of various people, black and white, in South Africa
and in the US who educated, trained, mentored and inspired me and whose
faith and belief in me contributed to my success in my profession,
business and elsewhere. The same can be said about my wife, Precious,
and we are deeply indebted to them and many more.
"Most of our
donations have been private, but the need and challenges are great, and
we hope that our Giving Pledge will encourage others in South Africa, Africa and other emerging economies to give and make the world a better place." Motsepe said
Giving Pledge is a campaign founded by Bill Gates and Warren Buffett in 2010, which encourages wealthy people to donate their
fortune to charity. As of
November 2012, 91 billionaires - mostly Americans, have committed to
the pledge. Motsepe is the first African to do this...but I have a strong feeling that Dangote or Adenuga will be the next. Just watch! *Yimz* Hehe!
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Wow. Awesome. Africans are getting more philanthropic.
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Have I not read right?
A man donating half his money to his OWN foundation. Motsepe to Motsepe Foundation abi no be so??....ok o I don hear.
Abracadabra!
Wow!!! Amazing stuff. *now singing* I wanna be a billionaire so freaking baaaaaaaad
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Bless ur heart sir.
Tears in my eyes. There are still angels on earth. Oluwa bless ur hrt. Linda Thumbs up.
DREAM ON Linda. Never will a Nigerian man do this..... ever.
Dis linda sef. Uno dey sleep ni?
E b like say u b whinch / ogbanje
Me sef ready 4 u tonite
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Amen to that....many blessings to your family.
Wassup with the rest of rich Africans showing off on social media......with their shoes;champgne,cars.....SHAME
So very commendable....Naija take note!!!
A commendable gesture! If he's Nigerian, then i'll know he just launched a political career. The wife looks like Fathia Balogun.
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true bantu man!Thank you very much mze motsepe1
From Patrice Motsepe to Motsepe foundation, isn't the money just going round in a circle?
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i am very impressed, cos black people are by their nature extremely selfish..... having said that, i hope this is not a tax evasion scheme, as we can read that the money is going to their foundation *give with one hand and collect with another tinz* in the present world we live in, one cant help but be skeptical about every amazing selfless gesture...
adenuga and dangote next? dream on. Nigerians r too selfish and self serving to donate anything meaningfull to charity, they will only donate that kind of money to their pastor.
Dangote? Never o! Na only Dangote spaghetti and Juice he sabi give charity organisations. Well d Dangote foundation is barely functional, Mike Adenuga foundation is worst. God dey sha.
God bless him abundantly.
Very nice. May God reward u guys
God bless him abundantly.
May God richly reward you both. Givers never lack
GOD has already blessed you with wealth and now wisdom.what else can I say. Hope other Africans will learn! You are a gift to all Africans!
The secret to living is GIVING! A hand that giveth, is an open hand ready to receive from the Almighty! Big ups Pat!
Hmmm!!! hope nigerians are learning....Nice one!
Lol! Linda ur just troublesome... I don't think a nigerian can give his or her wealth to charity. Let's watch nd see tho'
loolz Lindiway u're very funny.
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Make i hear say Dangote or Adenuga donate anything...
They ain't tru showing off their wealth.
Laughing hard @ “Just Watch! *Yimz* Hehe”...
However, I feel Dangote may be willing to donate part of his billions but not half of it anyway.
Me I'm charity o! Let some1 come n donate to me too
For your mind ****or lemme not doubt them thou, maybe they are yet to read such news. Linda pls take it to them...
It is not possible in 9ja, our big men are real aka gum. Dangote shld give half of is fortune! Yimu 20 million times.
I pray oh!! *yawning*
def the way to go.
The wealthy givin back to charities and charitable causes is almost a moral obligation. I hope others would emulate Patrice. I would.
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I'm sure it cld hapn in nija.
No chance of naija man giving half his money to charity
Linda when are you getting married? Surely you want children? Best make the most use of your current celebrity to get the highest bidder. It won't last forever...
Height of philanthropy here. Dangote and Adenugu to follow suit? Linda if I hear!! Lol.. That can only happen if the world is about to end.
Its a good act to give to the poor and i strongly blive God rewards for that,hopefully this things arent put togeda for show off,even @dt if it were,my prayer is dt it should actually be useful and also reach those p
That's so nice 2 hear
I say at this rate, people in charity will become richer than those that are not benefiting from charity. This a good gesture and of course you know if he did it with a good heart and the right reasons, God will surely give it back to him. JK Rowling donated most of her wealth to charity removing her billionaire status. I guess it is cool. O!!! Baba God let me reach the level that I can do the same. In fact i have reached it already in Faith.
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Ơ̴̴͡.̮Ơ̴̴̴͡, wot an ordinary individual cn do oo. In Nigeria, it is 4 a pastor 2 b dashed 700 cars.. Dis our so called pastors, can dey donate half of dia wealth lyk ds..? Dey r so bizzy acquirin more n buyin priv8 jets. Mtcheeeew . God,wil multiply u sir,4 thinkin abt ∂ needy
LINDA Linda LINDA you just want this man wealth to reduce by half, but in actual fact giving always comes back so he his guaranteed of being richer. ASAP once he does that I will buy dangote shares. Hehehe
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Thats good to know, we also can do things like this in our own little way. May God bless them BOTH.
These are good pple...d̶̲̥̅̊ε̲̣̣̣̥γ̲̣̣̥ also av der flaws ãήϑ all buh d̶̲̥̅̊ε̲̣̣̣̥γ̲̣̣̥ still care abt †̥ђe̶̲̥̅ shabby state of der country unlike our so-called politicians over here who amass wealth dat even der gr8 grandchildren cannot finish...it Ȋ̝̊̅§ really dishearten to watch †̥ђe̶̲̥̅ new ãήϑ hear how billions Ȋ̝̊̅§ embezzled ãήϑ †̥ђe̶̲̥̅ culprits still walk freely ãήϑ leave large*sigh*...†̥ђe̶̲̥̅ little hope dat we have Ȋ̝̊̅§ being destroyed rite b4 our eyez...God help us all*nofsaid*..slimzee
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Oooooo linda u re such a dreamer!lololol dangote donate half his money,Neeeeeevaaaa!nt sayin he doesn't do charity.am sre he does,bt nothin drastic like dis.lol
Problem with Dangote, Adenuga and other wealthy Nigerians is they are neck deep in debt over and beyond what we claim is their net worth. So they def cannot donate half of their wealth.....they don't have it, simple.
This is how life should be...The lord blesses you so you can bless others.
Dangote or Adenuga LMAO! in d next life maybe
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Hmmmm..why his he donating it to his foundation? Why not some poor orphanages in d slums. I don't want to be critical but I hope he is not doing this to avoid some sort of tax or cover up, anyway only God knows our hearts and if it is reaally for charity, then kudos to you..Bims
Linda,
Pardon my choice of words o,"but U drink?early morning sunday U don shark something?"
U think a Nigerian RICH man that is praying that no1 else should be like him "go come carry calculator,calculate all hin assets,come split am into 2 say hin give charity?" Laye,I don't think so!
In real sense,what is it that U can really and truly point too that the so called "RICH NIGERIANS" have done to better the lives of a low class Nigerian?they don't own charities,they don't own school that underprivileged can go too free,they don't own hospital or even pay part of hospital bills,non do they put boreholes in the rural areas to help with their clean water generation and Linda,do U know that when U work (as a young contractor) for most of the rich men,they end up not paying. Ur complete contract sum? YES,I am saying that from experience and who U won go report them too?
In Nigeria,it is the poor that thinks of helpling the poor...like that NYSC girl that built hostel for fellow NYSC members!do know the numbers of RICH men from Kaduna state?and non. ever thought of that?
To me o,the rich are selfish and are of no good use to the Nigerian society...Bite me if U think otherwise! :D
Lol!!! Dangote and Adenuga... Those greedy skanks? Let's hope so
May God reward u....amen
That is so cool and generous of him, I hope naija billionaires will copy this.....
This is wonderful but I doubt if Dangote will follow as you rightly thought. Sincerely, the duty of the wealthy people is to help the poor. You need to have deep thinking about this statement before you doubt me. Discover the Secret to losing weight and burning tummy fat
May God bless them in Abundant!
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Which Dangote and Adenuga? Selfish Nigerians, Linda u too can give ur half 2 Charity.
Lol at adenuga...Linda you sef, u no fit donate as millionaire wey u be
That can only be possible if their no vacant plot of land again in banana island , and choice area in nigeria and dubia. If their no more newest edition mercedes , loxurious phanton and other pourch cars in the world as well as latest private jet . That's is only when our billionaire can give their riches to the poor
Nigerian are so selfish dat just whant more and more without careing 4 pur people dat lives close to dem
No b only dangote n Adenuga, na "David" and "akpos" those ones they drag who go b d richest for planet earth....my dear if. U cannot gve 10naira out of 100 naira ..hmmmmmm how u wan take gve 1billion dollars out of 10billion USD..
I have a problem with this, if the very few black billionaires we have start giving up their fortunes there will be no black billionaires left?
Selfish reasoning I know but he shouldn't have done this. Lets be confident on the level of wealthy African business men that exist before we start throwing the money about.
That said this dude was likely to piss about his money anyways. $800 million was shaved off his wealth down to poor management. might be the reason he decided to give it up.
Ogechi. It's sunday, I need u to know that u r very beautiful, but my heart and bank account balance is more beautiful. Will u marry me? U can reach me @ emekachukwu@gmail.com.
Shut the fuck up. Naijaman
When Linda wants kids, and only when she does, not when gross naijaman thinks she should be wanting them, she can have them, or come to the Pregnancy Concierge!
If you were in the shoes of those benefiting from this act of kindness, I am sure you would not bad mouth what this guy has done. God blesses those who give so the fact that he has given so large an amount would not take away his billionaire status from him. You are too much of a cynic and it's bad for you!
So touching,truly inspiring
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Bless his soul. hope the money will be used wisely
Yeah, like Bill Gates donating most of his wealth to his OWN foundation too...and how's that abracadabra?
Some men of God in dis country can't even do this. Amassing the whole fortune they cn get their hands on!
God help us!
S̲̅Ơ̴̴̴̴̴͡ fφя̩̥̊ ЧЯ cheap mind nw U̶̲̥̅̊ don woo woman βε̲̣̣̣̥ D̶̲̥̅̊α† abi? S̲̅Ơ̴̴̴̴̴͡ fφя̩̥̊ ЧЯ village na S̲̅Ơ̴̴̴̴̴͡ dem D̶̲̥̅̊ε̲̣̣̣̥γ̲̣̣ woo woman? And U̶̲̥̅̊ tink Ogechi Ȋ̊§ as cheap as ЧЯ brain †̥ fall †̥ ЧЯ cheap-local bait? *Beautiful account my left ass*!
Na wa ooo.....women don suffer oooo! Well sha i no blame U̶̲̥̅̊..U̶̲̥̅̊ hear...na women i blame...na dem cause am! *SMH*
They are too man fake rich men in Nigeria. Take away their liabilities from their assets, they are left with nothing. They are living on borrowed money from the banks.
@Anonymous 11:58 AM. Must you use your bank account balance to wow Ogechi? It is enough for you to say your heart is more beautiful.
It is the thought that counts
Who get the money and the foundation, if he really wants to give charity, he should have shared it among oda foundations or is his foundation the only one in the world,he should go and drink tea and sleep, next jawe
Mzee Patrice,you are a true bantu man,mwana ichie africa!We bantu show the way and the others follow!Well done!You are following the path of your glorious ancestors:Mandela,king shaka,mzilikazi khumalo,queen nzinga,kimpa vita,mwalimu nyerere,kimbangu,queen nandi,etc....God bless you again!
Good gesture but give the money to the other Charity organisations & not your wife NGO.
I av not received d allert yet o. My name is Charity and m d only legal Charity in Africa. Y'all pls contact me for all donations. Thanx.
Motsepe may be South Africa's first, and only, black billionaire, but he is hardly the continent's wealthiest man. That title goes to Nigerian industrial magnate Aliko Dangote, with an estimated net worth of about R113.6 billion. On a continent that consistently ranks as the worst-off in terms of quality of life, it remains to be seen if its wealthiest citizens will join Motsepe in giving away half their fortune to the less fortunate.
Pride is in our heart as Nigerians. We would rather buy jets and show off just like linda ikeji is doing with her two big cars. No hating, its just that the virus is now with our generation.
Assin, pls tell linda o. All dis pple wey don chop no mak anoda chop
He is dodging tax my dear
He is dodging tax
He is dodging tax my dear
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