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Lesego
Lesego is a given name. Notable people with the name include: * Lesego Makhubela (born 1986), South African politician * Lesego Makgothi (born 1965), Mosotho polician * Lesego Motsepe (1974–2014), South African actress *Lesego Motsumi (1955/56-2023), Motswana politician * Lesego Nkoane, South African soccer player * Lesego Semenya (1982–2021), South African chef and author * Lesego Senokwane (born 1997), South African cricketer *Lesego Rampolokeng Lesego Rampolokeng (born 7 July 1965) is a South African writer, playwright and performance poet. Early life and education Lesego Rampolokeng was born in 1965 in Orlando West, Soweto, Johannesburg. He studied law at the University of the Nor ... (born 1965), South African poet * Lesego Tlhabi (born 1988), South African comedian {{given name Unisex given names South African given names Bantu-language given names ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lesego Rampolokeng
Lesego Rampolokeng (born 7 July 1965) is a South African writer, playwright and performance poet. Early life and education Lesego Rampolokeng was born in 1965 in Orlando West, Soweto, Johannesburg. He studied law at the University of the North in South Africa, but he has not followed this path any further. Works Lesego Rampolokeng came to prominence in the 1980s, a very turbulent time in South Africa. He was born and bred in Soweto:"I was born in Orlando West. Bred thorough all across Soweto. Orlando East, White City, Chiawelo, Meadowlands, Diepkloof. I schooled in Jabavu, Moroka, Jabulani… " (''Bird Monk Seding'' p20) His poetry stands aside from politics and is savagely critical of the (post)apartheid establishment. His first two books were published by the Congress of South African Writers (COSAW) ''Horns for Hondo'' (1991) and ''Talking Rain'' (1993). Rampolokeng has collaborated with various musicians on stage and in the studio. He has performed in many countries an ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lesego Semenya
Lesego Semenya (11 April 1982 – 12 July 2021), also known as Les Da Chef, was a South African chef, media personality, and writer. Early life and education Semenya was born and raised in Soweto. His parents were teachers, his mother a principal and his father a maths and science teacher, and he had two younger brothers. He attended Greenside High School and went on to graduate with a Bachelor of Commerce from the University of the Witwatersrand. Semenya began his career as a process engineer for the IQ Business Group and a journalist for the youth magazine ''UnCut''. In 2008, he decided to change careers after receiving a mild clinical depression diagnosis. He took a gap year to travel the country before enrolling at the Prue Leith Culinary Institute in Centurion, earning the Grande Diploma in Food and Wine in addition to five other qualifications. In 2020, he received the alumni award for Inspiring Culinary Excellence from Leith. Career Semenya worked at The Westcliff at ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lesego Tlhabi
Lesego Tlhabi (born 13 December 1988) is a South African writer and comedian best known for creating the character Coconut Kelz. Early life Tlhabi's parents, Brian Tlhabi and Penny Osiris, were both doctors. She was born in 1988, in the last years of apartheid. Her parents divorced and in 2010 a journalist, Redi Tlhabi, became her stepmother. Her comedy is influenced by her experience growing up as a relatively affluent black child attending mostly white institutions: for example, in junior school she was one of only two black girls in her grade. Tlhabi studied theatre in London at Brunel University and musical theatre and television writing in New York at the New York Film Academy and Columbia University before returning to South Africa to work as a screenwriter in 2014. Coconut Kelz She was writing for television and performing as a DJ (as Dame the DJ) when she started vlogging on YouTube as her alter-ego, Coconut Kelz. Kelz is a "caricature of a self-loathing black person who ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lesego Motsepe
Lesego Motsepe (28 April 1974 – 20 January 2014) was a South African actress, social activist and singer best known for her role as Letti Matabane in Isidingo from 1998 to 2008. Early life 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"). Notable roles 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. Personal life She revealed her HIV-positive status in 2001. She attracted significant controversy in 2012 when she discontinued her antiretroviral therapy in favour of alternative medic ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lesego Makhubela
Lesego Ellis Makhubela (born 1986) is a South African politician who has represented the African National Congress (ANC) in the Gauteng Provincial Legislature since 2019. He formerly represented the ANC as a local councillor in the City of Tshwane Metropolitan Municipality, where he was also the Regional Chairperson of the ANC Youth League. In 2022, he was elected to a four-year term as a member of the Provincial Executive Committee of the ANC's Gauteng branch. Early life and education Makhubela was born in 1986. He has a Bachelor of Science in computer science from Illinois University in the United States. ANC Youth League Makhubela was active in the ANC Youth League (ANCYL) and chaired the league's local branch in Lotus Gardens in Tshwane. By 2015, he was the Regional Chairperson of the ANCYL's Tshwane branch, with Ezra Letsoalo as his deputy. In 2015, he was viewed by the ''Mail & Guardian'' as one of the top contenders to succeed Julius Malema as President of the nati ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lesego Motsumi
Lesego Ethel Motsumi (1955/56 – 9 January 2023) was a Botswanan politician. She was elected to the National Assembly of Botswana, National Assembly in 1999. She became Assistant Ministry of Labour and Home Affairs (Botswana), Minister of Labour and Home Affairs from 2002 to 2003. She then became Ministry of Health (Botswana), Minister of Health until November 2004, when she became the Ministry of Transport and Communications (Botswana), Minister of Works and Transport. In the 2008 cabinet reshuffle, held upon the appointment of then president Ian Khama, Motsumi reverted to her old post as Minister of Health, serving until 2009. She served as Ministry for Presidential Affairs Governance and Public Administration, Minister of Presidential Affairs Governance and Public Administration from 2009 to 2011, also serving as acting Ministry of Defence and Security (Botswana), Minister of Defence and Security from 2010 to 2011. From 2011 to 2019, she served as Botswana's Botswana–India re ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lesego Senokwane
Lesego Senokwane (born 24 May 1997) is a South African cricketer. He is a right-handed batsman and right arm off break bowler. He plays domestic cricket for North West. He made his Twenty20 cricket debut for North West in the 2016 Africa T20 Cup on 2 September 2016. In September 2018, he was named in North West's squad for the 2018 Africa T20 Cup. In September 2019, he was named in North West's squad for the 2019–20 CSA Provincial T20 Cup The 2019–20 CSA Provincial T20 Cup was a domestic Twenty cricket tournament that took place in South Africa in September 2019, as a curtain-raiser to the 2019–20 South African domestic season. It was played between the thirteen South Africa .... In April 2021, he was named in North West's squad, ahead of the 2021–22 cricket season in South Africa. In June 2025, he earned maiden call-up for national team for the Test series against Zimbabwe. References External links * 1997 births Living people South African cricketer ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lesego Makgothi
Lesego Calayel Makgothi (born 23 February 1965, Maseru) is a Lesotho diplomat who has served as the Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Kingdom of Lesotho from 2017 to 2020. Foreign minister In 2017 he negotiated the arrival of foreign peacekeepers in Lesotho. In February 2019, Makgothi met with Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov Sergey Viktorovich Lavrov (, ; born 21 March 1950) is a Russian diplomat who has served as Minister of Foreign Affairs (Russia), Minister of Foreign Affairs since 2004. He is the longest-serving Russian foreign minister since Andrei Gromyko d ... and spoke on expanding relations between Lesotho and Russia.Klomegah, Kester Kenn (18 February 2019)Russia wants to bolster economic ties with Lesotho ''The Exchange''. External linksOfficial government profile References Living people 1965 births People from Maseru Foreign ministers of Lesotho Lesotho diplomats {{Lesotho-politician-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lesego Nkoane
Lesego Nkoane is a South African soccer player who plays as a defender for SAFA Women's League club TS Galaxy Queens and the South Africa women's national team. Nkoane studied a Bachelor of Arts degree at the University of the Witwatersrand. Club career Witwatersrand University Women In 2019 she joined Sasol Women's League side Witwatersrand University. TS Galaxy Queens In 2023 she joined SAFA Women's League club TS Galaxy Queens. International career She competed for the Basetsana team for the 2014 African U-20 Women's World Cup qualifiers where they lost out on a place in the final stage of qualification. Nkoane made her senior international debut on 27 February 2024 in the third round Olympic qualifier against Tanzania Tanzania, officially the United Republic of Tanzania, is a country in East Africa within the African Great Lakes region. It is bordered by Uganda to the northwest; Kenya to the northeast; the Indian Ocean to the east; Mozambique and Ma ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Unisex Given Names
A unisex name (also known as an epicene name, a gender-neutral name or an androgynous name) is a given name that is not gender-specific. Unisex names are common in the English-speaking world, especially in the United States. By contrast, some countries have laws preventing unisex names, requiring parents to give their children sex-specific names. In other countries or cultures, social norms oppose such names and transgressions may result in discrimination, ridicule, and psychological abuse. Names may have different gender connotations from country to country or language to language. For example, the Italian male name '' Andrea'' (derived from Greek ''Andreas'') is understood as a female name in many languages, such as English, German, Hungarian, Czech, and Spanish. Parents may name their child in honor of a person of another sex, which – if done widely – can result in the name becoming unisex. For example, Christians, particularly Catholics, may give a child a second/middle ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
South African Given Names
South is one of the cardinal directions or compass points. The direction is the opposite of north and is perpendicular to both west and east. Etymology The word ''south'' comes from Old English ''sūþ'', from earlier Proto-Germanic ''*sunþaz'' ("south"), possibly related to the same Proto-Indo-European root that the word ''sun'' derived from. Some languages describe south in the same way, from the fact that it is the direction of the sun at noon (in the Northern Hemisphere), like Latin meridies 'noon, south' (from medius 'middle' + dies 'day', ), while others describe south as the right-hand side of the rising sun, like Biblical Hebrew תֵּימָן teiman 'south' from יָמִין yamin 'right', Aramaic תַּימנַא taymna from יָמִין yamin 'right' and Syriac ܬܰܝܡܢܳܐ taymna from ܝܰܡܝܺܢܳܐ yamina (hence the name of Yemen, the land to the south/right of the Levant). South is sometimes abbreviated as S. Navigation By convention, the ''bottom or down-f ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
