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Headline: Oprah Winfrey closing girls' school in South Africa
Caption: In 2007, the media personality opened the Oprah Winfrey Leadership Academy for Girls in Gauteng Province following a discussion with former South African president Nelson Mandela five years prior. With the academy, Winfrey sought to provide education and leadership opportunities to girls from disadvantaged backgrounds. But on Wednesday, the former talk show host announced that the residential campus will close at the end of the 2027 academic year, and be returned to the Gauteng Department of Education, per the "original partnership agreement."
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