Dr mamphela ramphele biography of mahatma gandhi

Mamphela Ramphele is a South African political leader and physician known for her anti-apartheid activism. Ramphele was born on December 28, 1947, in Uitkyk, located in North West province of South Africa, but spent her childhood in Kranspoort, Limpopo province.

In 1962, she attended Bethesda Teacher College, a prestigious secondary boarding school in the northern section of South Africa, where she once used a class assignment to protest the living conditions.

Experiences of discrimination based on race and gender at Bethesda were formative to Ramphele’s decision to become a medical doctor, from which she was dissuaded by teachers and family alike.

However, a few teachers, including one who became her principal at Setotolwane High School, supported her by arranging tutoring classes and advising her on university admissions. In 1967 she entered the University of the North and in 1968 transferred to Natal Medical School on scholarships.

In 1972, she earned her medical degree at Natal