Bophuthatswana Nurse Leader

We received the following e-mail from Mrs. Lilian Hayes:

Dear Joan
My masters thesis was Ten Nurse Leaders, one of whom was Mrs Lekgetha.
You will find her life story there.... plus 9 others

Thank you, Lilian! Your masters thesis on my 2016 reading list.

Mrs. Alina Lekgetha receives the Order of the Leopard, first class.
Nursing RSA Verpleging, February 1986, volume 1 no 1, page 27

Prior to 1994, South Africa was a divided country in more than one way: the existence of the so called "homelands" necessitated the establishment of formal structures that had the task of managing affairs in that specific "homeland" . One such 'homeland" was Bophuthatswana.

In my search of old nursing magazines, I found this obituary (note attachment), written by professor Charlotte Searle, referring to the life and work of Me Alina Molebogeng Nancy Lekgetha:

• Deputy Minister of Health, Bophuthatswana
• Co-founder of the Bophuthatswana Nursing Council and the Nursing Association
• Main drive behind the establishment of the Department of Nursing at the (then) University of Bophuthatswana

Nursing RSA Verpleging Volume 7 no 3 page 17 (ISSN 0258 1647)