Anna 'Matlelima Hlalele (born 1929) is a former assistant government minister of Lesotho. Hlalele was born in Teyateyaneng to the family of a factory worker, and first attended Randfontein Methodist School, graduating with a first-class pass and heading to Basutoland High School, where she earned a Cape Senior Certificate and became an assistant teacher. A three-year course at the University of Bristol followed, at the end of which she received a certificate in education. In 1961 she became a community development specialist in the Department of Local Government, transferring to the Department of Agriculture the next year and launching pilot nutrition programs; she also began a series of weekly programs on cleanliness, child care, and nutrition on Radio Lesotho. From 1969 to 1970 Hlalele w