Molefi Sefularo (9 July 1957 – 5 April 2010) was the Deputy Minister of Health of

South Africa South Africa, officially the Republic of South Africa (RSA), is the southernmost country in Africa. It is bounded to the south by of coastline that stretch along the South Atlantic and Indian Oceans; to the north by the neighbouring countri ...

from 25 September 2008 until his death. The position of Deputy Minister of Health had been vacant since

Nozizwe Madlala-Routledge Nozizwe Charlotte Madlala-Routledge (born 29 June 1952) is a South African politician who was South Africa's Deputy Minister of Defence from 1999 to April 2004 and Deputy Minister of Health from April 2004 to August 2007. President Thabo Mbek ...

was dismissed from the post on 8 August 2007. He previously served as the MEC for Health in

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from 1994 to 2004. Sefularo was born in

Potchefstroom Potchefstroom (, colloquially known as Potch) is an academic city in the North West Province of South Africa. It hosts the Potchefstroom Campus of the North-West University. Potchefstroom is on the Mooi Rivier (Afrikaans for "pretty river" ...

to Kenosi Solomon Sefularo and Masabata Martha Sefularo ''née'' Motsumi. He was a member of the UDF until its 1983 banning. He died at the age of 52 in a car accident on the N4 west of

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Personal life

Sefularo was married to Kgomotso Kgoathe from 19 October 1989 until his death. He had 3 daughters and one son, Chere.

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