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The article focuses on American businesswoman Oprah Winfrey and the South African school she founded in 2007, the Oprah Winfrey Leadership Academy of Girls (OWLAG). Topics include the encouragement she received in creating the school by South African politician Nelson Mandela, the involvement of her life partner Stedman Graham, and her giving of the book "I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings," by Maya Angelou to students. Various alumnae are also mentioned, including Mpumi Nobiva and Thando Dlomo, who both went on to attend Johnson C. Smith University in North Carolina.

The article reports on television personality Oprah Winfrey and the 2007 opening of the school in South African she paid for. One of the impoverished young women attending the school is quoted on her gratitude to Winfrey, as are celebrities who attended the lavish opening ceremonies. Winfrey's good works are enumerated and described.

The article focuses on television talk show hostess Oprah Winfrey and the employee at her South African private girls' school who is charged with assault and soliciting a minor. When Winfrey heard about students' claims against this employee, she contacted South African police and hired an independent team of investigators. A caretaker at the school, Virginia Makopo, has been charged with 13 counts involving seven girls.