It wasn’t long after reports came out about Cyril Ramaphosa’ wife and house that the public’s attention shifted to his children.

However, much like the new president, most of Cyril’s offspring aren’t too down with making themselves known publicly, so here’s what we know.

According to IOL, Ramaphosa and his wife, Dr. Tshepo Motsepe, have four children together: sons Andile and Tumelo, and daughters Keneilwe (Kiki) and Mashudu.

He also has an older daughter, Tulisa, from his first marriage with the late Nomazizi Mtshotshisana, who died 10 years ago. They were divorced at the time of her death.

Of them all, it was Tumelo [above] that stole the public’s heart last week. He runs a business that seeks to preserve wildlife, including buffalo:

He also sells wildlife through his company StudEx Wildlife, a cryptocurrency-based business that seeks to preserve and protect endangered wildlife species from hunters, poachers, predators and disease.

Some women on social media have labelled oldest son Tumelo as the new “National Bae”.

What is EFF’s Mbuyiseni Ndlozi going to do now that his title has been taken?

Once discovered, online banter went something like this:

“R1 million bounty for anyone who hooks me up with Tumelo “Yaka” Ramaphosa,” joked one Nkgono Neria on Twitter.

But the 30-year-old Tumelo quickly told her he was taken. “I am not interested, I have a beautiful girlfriend,” wrote Tumelo in response.

However, he appeared to be enjoying the attention, responding to a number of women, while also having to deal with critics who were concerned about his tattoos.

“So what, you are not my mother. I’m not trying to be the president’s son. I’m an entrepreneur doing my own thing. I’m not trying to fit your perfect picture. My mother loves me with all them tats (tattoos); you don’t have to,” he said.

Below is a video of the businessman talking about his company, StudEx Wildlife, and background in stock trading in San Francisco. Oh, and these are the animals he breeds “back home”.

Then there are his sisters, Kiki and Mashudu [above, respectively], who are a whole lot more reserved, with private pages and profiles with limited information.

Clever.

A relative revealed that the girls are students at the University of Cape Town, and attended high school at the prestigious Roedean College in Parktown, Johannesburg.

I wonder if they will stay at home when it’s complete.

Ramaphosa’s other son, Andile, has business interests in infrastructure development, got his MBA from Fudan in Shanghai, and has a master’s degree from New York University’s Stern School of Business.

Casual.

Relative Ben Ramaphosa is keen to stress that the children are hard-working people:

“Their father never wanted them to rely on his businesses, so he taught them to stand up and build their own profiles,” said Ben.

“Even with the young girls, they are not spoilt brats, they respect everyone in the family,” he said.

He also revealed that at Ramaphosa family gatherings, no talk about politics is allowed:

“When he (Cyril) is with the family, he just wants to relax and catch up about other things but not politics. We congratulated him for being the president of the country, but he didn’t want to chat more about it… He’s has always been like that,” he said.

And now you know.

Quite the change from the likes of Duduzane, hey? The apple never falls far from the tree.

[source:iol&iol&iol]