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Dr. Kgosientso Ramokgopa

An ANC activist hailing from Atteridgeville, a township located to the west of Pretoria in the City of Tshwane municipality, South Africa. Ramokgopa has a rich history with the ANC. He led the South African Student Congress (SASCO), the ANC Youth League at the University of Durban Westville and the ANC branch in Atteridgeville, and served as ANC Ward 51 Councillor (2000 to 2005).

His prominent appearance in the professional fraternity was when he was a CEO of the Joburg Fresh Produce Market. During his tenure he saw Joburg Market being voted the best employer of the year in 2009. He has received many awards and recognition including the 2008 MTN Boss of the Year, 2009 CEO of the Year (adjudicated by the Institute of People Management) and 2010 Black Business Quarterly title bearer: Young Business Achiever of the Year. He left the company at the age of 36 in 2010 to take the helms from his aunt, to be the Mayor of the City of Tshwane as a Councillor of the African National Congress (ANC)

Dr Kgosientso Ramokgopa graduated with a PhD in Public Affairs from the University of Pretoria in 2019. He's currently a ANC Provincial Executive Committee (PEC) Member, Chairperson of the ETC Subcommittee, and a Member of the Executive Council (MEC) in the Gauteng Provincial Legislature's Department of Economic Development, Agriculture, and Environmental Affairs.