South Africa’s first black female doctor of mathematics , Mamokgethi Phakeng, is now a top British UK university’s first ‘illustrious visiting professor’.
The first graduate’s of TV star’s academy are ready to take on the world.
Oprah Winfrey has come to South Africa as the Oprah Winfrey Leadership Academy for Girls yielded its first group of matriculants.
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/ 21 February 2011
Meaningless stereotypes of the noble African have lead Oprah to her present crisis, says <b>Verashni Pillay</b>.
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/ 18 February 2011
The body of a newborn baby was found at the Oprah Winfrey Leadership Academy for Girls after a 17-year-old gave birth to it, Gauteng police said.
TV talk-show host Oprah Winfrey and several schoolgirls allegedly abused at her academy in South Africa are expected to testify at an upcoming trial.
Talk show host Oprah Winfrey is expected to defend herself in a defamation case linked to the sex-abuse scandal at her girls school in South Africa.
Oprah Winfrey sat rapt on Friday in the state-of-the-art theatre during a show put on by the girls she has built an exclusive school for.
The trial against a former matron at the Oprah Winfrey Leadership Academy has been postponed to October.
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/ 28 November 2007
Oprah Winfrey has met with the family of the first pupil to complain of abuse at her elite school for disadvantaged South African girls, and invited the girl to return to the academy. The United States magazine People quoted the father of the pupil as saying they met for two hours with Winfrey on Sunday.
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/ 20 November 2007
Hoping you’ll pardon the familiarity, taking liberties with your first name and all. But in my business, as you know, everyone is on a first name basis. You know, "Leonardo", "Angelina", "Paris". Though I haven’t yet been graced with the pleasure of having you on my couch, I feel like we really know each other. For one, we have more in common than you’d believe …
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/ 10 November 2007
The suspended head of Oprah Winfrey’s controversial private academy for girls in Johannesburg says she is hurt and has fled to the United States, the Saturday Star reported. Nomvuyo Nzamane broke her silence to deny flatly that she ever turned her back on girls allegedly abused by a school matron.
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/ 5 November 2007
United States television magnate Oprah Winfrey said on Monday that abuse charges at her all-girl academy in Johannesburg was one of the most devastating experiences in her life. ”This has been one of the most devastating, if not the most devastating, experiences of my life,” she said in a video news conference from Chicago.
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/ 5 November 2007
A former dormitory employee at the Oprah Winfrey Leadership Academy for Girls in Johannesburg was released on R3Â 000 bail by the Sebokeng Magistrate’s Court on Monday. Virginia Mokgobo was arrested on charges of indecent assault, assault and crimen injuria.
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/ 2 November 2007
A former dormitory employee at the Oprah Winfrey Leadership Academy for Girls in Johannesburg has been arrested, Gauteng police said on Friday. Police spokesperson Superintendent Lungelo Dlamini said the 27-year-old woman was arrested on Thursday by the family violence, child protection and sexual offences unit on several charges of abuse.
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/ 23 October 2007
Gauteng police are investigating a case of abuse by an employee at the Oprah Winfrey Leadership Academy for Girls. This followed an internal investigation of ”misconduct” by the dorm parent against girls at the school, located in Henley-on-Klip, Meyerton, south of Johannesburg.
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/ 18 October 2007
A dormitory parent at Oprah Winfrey’s school has been suspended for misconduct, the school announced on Wednesday. The school said the person had been ”removed” from the campus and immediate action had been taken to ensure the safety and well-being of the pupils.