He was a one-time owner of South African football club Mamelodi Sundowns before it was sold to South African billionaire Patrice Motsepe.

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On a brilliantly sunny thursday in January, Patrice Motsepe, a vigorous 46-year-old with regal posture, is striding through a gleaming shopping mall on the Cape Town waterfront.

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