Minister of Health Lesego Motsumi of Botswana

Lesego Motsumi is a politician from Botswana.

Motsumi was the Minister of Health until November 2004, when she became the Minister of Works and Transport.

Motsumi was answering a question from Tswapong South Member of Parliament, Oreeditse Molebatsi, who had asked “what the former CEO of Air Botswana, who was a local, earned in salary and fringe benefits in cash per annum and what the current non-citizen CEO of Air Botswana earns in salary and fringe benefits in cash per annum.

SELEBI-PHIKWE: Health minister Lesego Motsumi has told Selebi-Phikwe hospital employees to be reasonable and express themselves professionally when making demands for improved conditions of service.

Addressing the workers last week, Motsumi said she does not understand what nurses mean when they request for "awkward" shift allowance.

The Minister of Works and Transport Lesego Motsumi has called on car manufacturers to install speed-controlling devices in high-speed vehicles as a way of curbing carnage from road traffic accidents.

The Minister of Works and Transport, Lesego Motsumi is reported to have been in support of the Boards decision, which was not unanimous.

GABORONE, BOTSWANA – Minister of Works and Transport Lesego Motsumi has called on car manufacturers to install speed-controlling devices in high-speed vehicles in Botswana as a way of curbing road traffic accidents, according to Mmegi Business Week publication.

Motsumi was speaking during the opening of Scania Botswana’s new head office complex in Gaborone last week.

Motsumi said that for instance, drivers of such prototypes, who are conscious of the high performance of the vehicle, have been prone to over-speeding, even in less-ideal traffic environments.

Ms Motsumi said having established the National TB Control Program in 1975, much success was gained with the country reporting its lowest ever TB notification rate of the 202 cases.

Ms Motsumi said there are presently studies taking place to determine the extent of MDR in the country.

Motsumi said the polio campaign was a high priority for the government, which had allocated $710,000.

At the XV International AIDS Conference in Bangkok last month, Botswana Health Minister Lesego Motsumi described that country's HIV/Aids program as sowing the seeds of hope for Africa.

Presenting the bill, Health minister Lesego Motsumi said the 1992 Act was not executed as expected due to lack of clarity on procedures of enforcement.

Acting health minister Lesego Motsumi said the government was working hard to ensure that people with disabilities are fully integrated into the mainstream society and given opportunities to lead normal lives.

Health Minister Lesego Motsumi said at the XV International AIDS Conference earlier this month that Botswana by next year will meet its target of distributing antiretroviral drugs at no cost to about 50% of those who need them -- about 50,000 HIV-positive people (Kaiser Daily HIV/AIDS Report, 7/15.