Ka whakaputa i tētahi putanga matatini ake o tēnei rerenga kōrero Patrice was born to Augustine Motsepe, a schoolteacher turned small businessman, who owned a Spaza shop popular with black mine workers.
Ae ra, ko te putanga matatini ake o te rerenga korero ko "I whanau a Patrice ki a Augustine Motsepe, he kaiako kura i huri hei kaipakihi iti, nana nei tetahi toa Spaza e rongonui ana ki nga kaimahi maina pango, mai i reira i ako ai a Patrice Motsepe i nga kaupapa pakihi taketake mai i tona papa me te whakaatu tuatahi ki te keri. "