Oprah Winfrey

Oprah Surprises with Student Support

April 4, 2012 By SA-People Contributor

Oprah Winfrey surprise visit to support SA students

Oprah Winfrey paid a surprise visit to Cornell University, in New York, over the weekend to support two of her South African students who were taking part in a debate. Cornell was hosting the annual Cornell Model United Nations Conference (CMUNC), and Oprah decided at the last minute to turn up and watch her students [...]

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Oprah Set to be a Teacher in South Africa!

July 7, 2011 By SA-People Contributor

The students at Oprah Winfrey’s Leadership Academy for Girls in South Africa are going to be benefit from some private lessons from the media mogul herself! After receiving her Honorary Doctorate in Education at the University of the Free State, Oprah Winfrey is heading back to South Africa as a teacher! In an email newsletter [...]

Oprah Winfrey is now a Kovsie!

June 25, 2011 By SA-People Contributor

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The University of the Free State awarded an honorary doctorate to Oprah Winfrey on Friday 24th June 2011, so now South Africa’s favourite private school owner can also be called Dr Oprah Winfrey! Oprah received the university’s 152nd honorary doctorate and was delighted when told by John Samuel “Ms Winfrey, you are now a Kovsie”, [...]

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