She was one of five children, to parents Mr Thabang Noto Matseke and Mrs Pauline Mothibi Matseke.
A self-proclaimed tomboy from childhood, she attended School, a catholic school in Ga-Rankuwa She later pursued a career in commerce and furthered her tertiary education in Accounting Sciences at University of Bophuthatswana (UNIBO). She served her articles in Pretoria, at South Africa’s telecommunications parastatal; Telkom. Ntshole married soon thereafter and had her first child. Her commitment to her family was exemplified when she turned down a full scholarship from the University of Cape Town to pursue an Honours degree in Accounting Sciences to raise her family.
Ntshole valued family, love, unity and honesty. She loved her two children dearly. While she biologically mothered only two children, she was considered a mother to many others. Her gentle nature, loveable presence and caring temperament fostered a community of strong women who continue to build each other to this day.
A woman that truly had a heart for people; she was unreservedly patient and took her time with everyone and committed to support others to the best of her abilities. She was empathetic and devoted her efforts to ease the burdens of others’ as her own. Her husband, to whom she was married for 28 years, remembers her as a very strong woman who always held her ground with bravery.
Ntshole is fondly remembered for her warmth and hearty laugh; it was so contagious! Ntshole was passionate about education as well as empowering and uplifting the youth and old alike. She was an avid reader, a gardener and her curious nature led her to always want to learn more.
She and her daughter, Olebogeng, often visited orphanages over weekends to spend time with marginalised children. Her daughter recalls her mom encouraging her to find a cause that she was moved by, and instead of being showered with gifts for her 21st birthday asking those that would be attending her celebrations to donate money to her chosen cause.
Ntshole spoke widely about the significance of emotional intelligence and social awareness. Of particular interest to her was how emotional intelligence brought about a degree of depth to an individual and their ability to navigate uncertainty at critical stages of their personal development. She believed in the role of mentorship to help build individuals’ prowess and more importantly for youngsters; to keep them accountable to achieve their goals.
A woman that truly had a heart for people; she was unreservedly patient and took her time with everyone and committed to support others to the best of her abilities. She was empathetic and devoted her efforts to ease the burdens of others’ as her own. Her husband, to whom she was married for 28 years, remembers her as a very strong woman who always held her ground with bravery.
Ntshole is fondly remembered for her warmth and hearty laugh; it was so contagious! Ntshole was passionate about education as well as empowering and uplifting the youth and old alike. She was an avid reader, a gardener and her curious nature led her to always want to learn more.
She and her daughter, Olebogeng, often visited orphanages over weekends to spend time with marginalised children. Her daughter recalls her mom encouraging her to find a cause that she was moved by, and instead of being showered with gifts for her 21st birthday asking those that would be attending her celebrations to donate money to her chosen cause.
Ntshole spoke widely about the significance of emotional intelligence and social awareness. Of particular interest to her was how emotional intelligence brought about a degree of depth to an individual and their ability to navigate uncertainty at critical stages of their personal development. She believed in the role of mentorship to help build individuals’ prowess and more importantly for youngsters; to keep them accountable to achieve their goals.
When Ntshole passed away, she was pursuing a second degree in Law, she chose to go into Law because she wanted to fight for the rights women and children, and she believed this would make her a wiser grandmother when the time came.
Ntshole was undoubtedly influenced by the family which she came from and the stringent virtues upheld by her father. Her father; Thabang, was a teacher and artist, a well- respected businessman and politician. Early on in her life, he had built an art centre where children from different schools gathered for art lessons. He was encouraged by the innocence and vulnerability which children embodied against the harsh backdrop of the grim political situation in South Africa. The living conditions of oppression, servitude and extreme poverty devastated him and he believed art had a major therapeutic role to play in giving children the opportunity to fully realise themselves and to express themselves creatively.
Ntsholes grandfather Simon Peter Matseke, was a driver for the boer commandos during the South African War. He was also a court interpreter and a member of various politically affiliated platforms.
Education was the cornerstone of Ntshole’s coaching by her father, passed down from his father. He affirmed all of his children’s academic interests, however diverse they were. Ntshole carried this mantra in her personal life and supported her family and many others as diligently as she had been taught. Education is the hallmark of her legacy and her memory continues to live on in the realised dreams of the youth who will be supported by the Ntshole Foundation.
The Ntshole Foundation is a legacy foundation. It was established in 2018, in memory of the late Mantshole Segomotso More, affectionately known as “Ntshole”. She was born on 21 September 1964 and lived until the age of 51 after suffering a ruptured brain aneurysm, which finally took her life on 11 November 2015.