Mathabiso Lepono

Mathabiso Angeline Lepono (an haife ta a shekara ta 1942) 'yar siyasar Mosotho ce. Ta kasance tsohuwar ministar jinsi, matasa, da wasanni a ƙarƙashin firaministan Lesotho Pakalitha Mosisili.

 Rayuwar farko da ilimi 
An haifi Mathabiso Angeline Lepono a cikin shekarar 1942 a Thibella, ƙauye a gundumar Maseru ta Lesotho.   

Saboda dokar wariyar launin fata, mahaifiyarta, ma'aikaciyar gida, ba ta iya zama tare da ita ba. Don haka ta yi kuruciyarta tana zaune tare da dangi daban-daban a faɗin Afirka ta Kudu, daga Klerksdorp zuwa Orlando. Ta fuskanci munanan yanayi a wasu gidajen renonta da yawa. 

Ta halarci makaranta a Albarkacin Martin de Porres a Afirka ta Kudu. Bayan ta kammala makarantar firamare a shekara ta 1957, ta koma Lesotho tare da mahaifiyarta.   Komawa a Lesotho, ta sami aiki a matsayin mataimakiyar ofis a wani asibiti. Masu kula da ita sun sanya ta a Makarantar Sakandare ta St. Stephen a Mohale's Hoek, tare da mai kula da aikinta da ɗaya daga cikin malamanta da ke ba da kuɗin karatun ta. Gabatarwarta ta farko a siyasa ita ce a wannan lokacin, lokacin da ta shiga Basutoland African Congress a matsayin memba na matasa. 

Ko da yake an ba ta tallafin karatu a ƙasashen waje a shekarar 1966, ta zaɓi ta ci gaba da zama a Lesotho kuma ta auri Ntate Lepono. Ta yi ƙoƙarin ci gaba da karatu a Lesotho amma matsalar kuɗi ta hana ta. 

 Aikin siyasa 
Lepono ta shiga siyasa ne a matsayin mamba a jam'iyyar Lesotho Congress for Democracy, a wani lokaci tana jagorantar gasar mata.  

Ta fara shiga majalisar ministocin Pakalitha Mosisili da ta daɗe tana mulki a shekarar 1999, aka naɗa ta a matsayin ministar muhalli, jinsi, da kuma harkokin matasa.   A shekara ta 2002 ta nemi a cire ta daga bayanan muhalli, ta zama ministar jinsi, matasa, da wasanni.    

A lokacin da take ministar jinsi, ta sa ido a kan dokar da ta kafa dokar karfin ma’aurata ta shekarar 2006, wadda ta kawar da ikon auren maza a kan matansu da kuma baiwa matan aure karin hakki, da kuma dokar laifuffukan jima’i ta 2003, wadda ta amince da fyaɗe na aure a matsayin laifi, da dai sauransu.  

A shekarar 2011, Lepono na ɗaya daga cikin ministoci bakwai mata a majalisar ministoci, tare da 'Mamphono Khaketla, Mannete Ramali, Maphoka Motoboli, Mphu Keneileo Ramatlapeng, Mpeo Mahase-Moiloa, da Pontso Suzan Matumelo Sekatle. 

A farkon shekara ta 2012, ta bar jam'iyyar tare da Mosisili don kafa Democrat Congress.   Sannan ta zaɓi kin tsayawa takara a babban zaɓen Lesotho na shekarar 2012, inda ta yi ritaya daga muƙamin siyasa a wannan shekarar.  

Sama da shekaru goma, har zuwa lokacin da ta yi ritaya a shekarar 2012, ta kasance zaɓaɓɓiyar mamba a Majalisar Dokokin ƙasar Lesotho, mai wakiltar mazaɓar Mafeteng ta Likhoele.  

A matsayinta na 'yar siyasa, Lepono an santa da duka karfin maganganunta da kuma yadda take mayar da martani ga rikicin siyasa.    Ta ci gaba da shiga cikin harkokin siyasar Democratic Congress tun bayan da ta bar ofis. 

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