Top 19 Quotes & Sayings by Patrice Motsepe

Explore popular quotes and sayings by a South African businessman Patrice Motsepe.

Last updated on December 21, 2024.

Patrice Tlhopane Motsepe is a South African mining billionaire businessman. Since 12 March 2021, he has been serving as the President of the Confederation of African Football. He is the founder and executive chairman of African Rainbow Minerals, which has interests in gold, ferrous metals, base metals, and platinum. He sits on several company boards, including being the non-executive chairman of Harmony Gold, the world's 12th largest gold mining company, and the deputy chairman of Sanlam. In 2012, Motsepe was named South Africa's richest man, topping the Sunday Times' annual Rich List with an estimated fortune of R20.07 billion.

South African - Businessman | Born: January 28, 1962

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South Africans are caring, compassionate and loving people.

Patrice Motsepe

Youth all over the world are very hungry to succeed.

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Only in South Africa could you have a change in government without civil war. If there wasn't the depth of love and caring among our people, this would not have happened.

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Education is at the heart of achieving your dreams.

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The system of creating opportunities for those who were by law excluded, you've got to do that. But you mustn't create a perception that the process is devoid of competitiveness... devoid of building a world class, sustainable black business community.

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You have to have a globally competitive mining dispensation.

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People don't know that there were very successful black businessmen in the years of apartheid.

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You could be worth $2 billion today and a half a billion tomorrow. It doesn't take much for this to disappear overnight.

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Abe Krok was a man of integrity who made a unique contribution to Mamelodi Sundowns and to South African football.

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If we continue doing the right things in Africa, we can create a very exciting and competitive global market here.

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My comrades would call me a 'black capitalist.'

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I have confidence in mining. I see exciting opportunities in it.

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The relationship between ARMgold and Harmony continues to develop and grow.

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I've heard people say South Africans are arrogant, that they act no differently from their colonial masters. That needs to change. It's in your business interest as an entrepreneur to form meaningful partnerships. That's how you do well for your shareholders.

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I'm a sinner. I fumble. People must see me as one of them. The things that worry them, must worry me

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My parents insisted that we should always be respectful, never forget where we come from and that we are part of the challenges facing our people

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The export of oil, the export of minerals, will for many decades continue to be a critical part for the growth of African economies. The emphasis is on diversification. We have for many years - not just in South Africa but in many parts of the continent - spoken about beneficiation. And I think part of the secret, in relation to beneficiation, is you have got to make it attractive, profitable for the private sector - and it will take off. You may have to look at mechanisms like tax concessions... You will not have to worry about beneficiation if it makes commercial sense.

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One has to set high standards... I can never be happy with mediocre performance.

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