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Rali Mampeule (b. Ralebala Matome Mampeule) is a South African entrepreneur and philanthropist. He is the founder of the African Housing and Infrastructure Fund (AHIF) and the founding donor of the Global Surgery Foundation (GSF). Rali Mampeule is the first black South African to own a Real Estate agency in South Africa. Additionally is also a member of Forbes Real Estate Council.
Early life
Rali Mampeule was born on 22 December 1979 in Mokwasele village, Modjadji and grew up in Daveyton township in Benoni, South Africa . He attended his secondary education at Rand Park High School then attained a Bachelor of Commerce degree from the University of South Africa then an Advanced Management Development Program (AMPD) in Real Estate from Harvard University .
Career
Rali, started in 2001 as a street hawker selling boerewors rolls while studying a Bachelor of Commerce degree through UNISA. He then met estate agent Paul Everitt, son of Charles Everitt the founder of Chas Everitt International property group who then assisted him to start his career in real estate as a real estate agent assistant at Chas Everitt International Property Group in Brynston, Johannesburg later that year and in 2004, he acquired a Chas Everitt franchise in Midrand, South Africa, making him the first black real estate top executive in South African history.
In 2005 Nedbank awarded Rali Mampeule with the Young Lion Award and the Property Professional of the Year Award in the following year 2006/2007. Rali was a contributor to the South African Property Transformation Charter in 2006 and in 2008, he was awarded the African Heritage Society (AHS) Emerging Entrepreneur of the Year.
Rali Mampeule founded South African Housing and Infrastructure Fund in 2019 to assist the South African government in addressing the country's housing deficit, the fund is currently valued at $1 Billion and has sat at the Real Estate Industry Regulator the Estate Agents Affairs Board (EAAB). In 2019, Mampeule became the first South African to join the Forbes Real Estate Council. He was appointed chairman of the University of Johannesburg Research Center (SMaCT) in April 2022.
Awards and recognition
In 2019 Mampeule was awarded the Socio-Economic Impact Award by (SAIBPP). In 2023 was recognized as a [Business Leader] in the Top 100 Property Leaders by the South African Institute of Black Property Practitioners (SAIBPP) then in the same year he was also awarded BBQ South African Community Builder of the Year Award. Rali Mampeule is known for contributing to the transformation and empowerment within the real estate industry in South Africa through innovative initiatives including introduction of earthquake resilient 3D-printed concrete homes when he partnered with the University of Johannesburg to build the first 3D concrete printed house in South Africa in 2023.
Philanthropy
Rali Mampeule together with Makentse Mampeule established The Mampeule Foundation in 2019. The organisation is a non-profit organisation in South Africa known to offer assistance in Property Education, Global Health, local Community Development, and Bursaries for tertiary education.