Lesego Motsepe | |
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Born | 28 April 1974 |
Died | 20 January 2014 | (aged 39)
Nationality | South African |
Occupation | Actress |
Notable work | Isidingo |
Lesego Motsepe (28 April 1974 – 20 January 2014) was a South African actress, social activist [2] and singer best known for her role as Letti Matabane in Isidingo from 1998 to 2008. [3]
Motsepe grew up in Meadowlands, and attended Technikon Pretoria where she obtained a diploma in speech and drama. At the age of 5, she acted in a mutton advertisement on television, which earned her the childhood nickname Nama Ya Nku ( Setswana for "mutton"). [4]
Although best known for her role as Lettie Matabane in Isidingo, in which she played the sister of her former real-life boyfriend Tshepo Maseko, she enjoyed stage acting, and she played the lover of Steve Biko in the play "Biko - Where the Soul Resides", and the starring role in a musical at the State Theatre about Brenda Fassie. [4]
She revealed her HIV-positive status in 2001. [5] She attracted significant controversy [6] in 2012 when she discontinued her antiretroviral therapy in favour of alternative medicine, as promoted by deceased former health minister Manto Tshabalala-Msimang. [4]
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