Dr ruth segomotsi mompati biography of william

MAM’ RUTH: THE QUINTESSENTIAL HUMAN BEING, A WORTHY AND INSPIRING LEADER AND A COMFORTER”

Mama Ruth, Sis Ruth, Auntie Ruth, Mme Ruta and Mane, as she was affectionately known, was a nurturer, a guardian, and a selfless principled leader.  She was a firm, strict but structured, balanced and gentle human being who was also a devout Christian.

She was a loving mother and grandmother to all and always carried herself elegantly.

True to her name Segomotsi, which means “Comforter” in Setswana, she was to play the role of mother, aunt, sister, friend and grandmother to the hundreds of young and old who found themselves separated from their own as a result of Apartheid brutality.

EARLY LIFE

Ruth Segomotsi Mompati was born in Ganyesa Village in the District of Vryburg on the 14^th of September 1925.  She grew up in Tlapeng – a rural environment in Ganyesa (now Kagisano).  Between 1933 and 1936 she attended United Vryburg Primary School.

From 1937 to 1940 she att