After months of searching and careful consideration, the New loveLife Trust (loveLife) board has appointed Nthabeleng Motsomi-Moshoeshoe as its new chief executive officer (CEO).
Motsomi-Moshoeshoe brings a wealth of experience, having held several positions and accumulating expertise over more than eighteen years, from Southern-Eastern African regional experience and cross sector exposure (public, private and multilateral). She is a leader in Programme Management and Strategic Information (Planning, Monitoring, Evaluation, Reporting and Research) for health, social & development programmes, and possess extensive leadership and decision-making skills.
Motsomi-Moshoeshoe has held various positions in organisations such as the National Department of Health, African Medical and Research Foundation (AMREF), Futures Group (Constella Futures), United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC), Sonke Gender Justice Global Initiative Against Transnational Organised Crime, and recently the Education Development Centre.
Doreen Kosi, the chairperson of the loveLife board, said: “Motsomi-Moshoeshoe has distinct leadership skills. Her background in management positions in the civil society, is a welcomed addition to our organisation. She is the kind of leader loveLife wants and needs, and with her experience, there is confidence that she can take the organisation to the next level.”
Kosi has been acting CEO for the past few months and said the board had resolved to have a thorough recruitment drive. Hence, it took long to finally find someone of Motsomi-Moshoeshoe’s calibre.
With close to two decades of experience across the health sector, Motsomi-Moshoeshoe has worked in specialist areas such as gender and feminism, genderqueerism including LGBTQI+, education, human rights, prison settings, people who use drugs (PWUD), Harm Reduction, and Orphan, Vulnerable, and Children programmes.
Motsomi-Moshoeshoe said: “I am joining an exciting team at loveLife, the team that has the youth of South Africa at heart and in their best interests, a team ready to get to work and realise the organisation’s strategic objectives. A lot of work is being done, working closely with funders and the public and private sectors. I am looking forward to continuing to wave the purple flag and maintaining loveLife’s established reputation, and with the support of the board, we certainly can up the stakes when it comes to realising the set goals.”
On behalf of the board she leads, Kosi said they will support Motsomi-Moshoeshoe as she leads the purple team into the future. They believe in her capabilities as she charts new waters and cements the organisation’s reputation as a leading entity when it comes to changing young people’s lives.
DID YOU KNOW?
The New loveLife Trust, known as “loveLife”, is a South African non-profit youth organisation established in 1999. loveLife’s vision is to promote holistic youth health for all young people between 10-24 years. The organisation seeks to ensure that young people are empowered with information that enables them to make informed decisions related to their overall health and to identify opportunities using a peer-led model to address the challenges they face. These challenges include: HIV/AIDS, violence, joblessness, rising mental health issues leading to suicide and substance abuse, lack of access to jobs and economic opportunities, violence, poor basic education system and cost of tertiary and public health care system that is not designed to cater for the needs of adolescents and youth. These challenges have been exacerbated by numerous factors, particularly the COVID-19 pandemic and an ailing economy.
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