Lesego Motsepe
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Lesego Motsepe (28 April 1974 – 20 January 2014) was a South African actress, social activist[1] and singer best known for her role as Letti Matabane in Isidingo from 1998 to 2008.[2]
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").[3]
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.[3]
Personal life
She revealed her HIV-positive status in 2001.[4] She attracted significant controversy[5] in 2012 when she discontinued her antiretroviral therapy in favour of alternative medicine, as promoted by deceased former health minister Manto Tshabalala-Msimang.[3]
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- 1974 births
- 2014 deaths
- 20th-century South African actresses
- 21st-century South African actresses
- Actresses from Johannesburg
- AIDS-related deaths in South Africa
- South African musical theatre actresses
- South African stage actresses
- South African television actresses
- South African HIV/AIDS activists