Patrice was born on January 28, 1962, to Kgosi Augustine Motsepe, a schoolteacher-turned-entrepreneur. His father operated a spaza shop, a small convenience store catering to black mine workers ...

Rumour mill has it that he was born to Kgosi Augustine Motsepe, chief of the Mmakau branch of the Tswana people. Surprisingly, his birthday comes barely a day after Dr. Irvin Khoza’s.