| Gladys Olebile Masire | |
| Office: | 2nd First Lady of Botswana |
| Term Label: | In role |
| Term Start: | 13 July 1980 |
| Term End: | 31 March 1998 |
| Predecessor: | Ruth Williams Khama |
| Successor: | Barbara Mogae |
| President: | Quett Masire |
| Birth Name: | Gladys Molefi Olebile |
| Birth Date: | 30 July 1931 |
| Birth Place: | Modimola, Mafikeng, South Africa |
| Death Place: | Parktown, Johannesburg, South Africa |
| Alma Mater: | Tiger Kloof |
| Children: | 6 |
| Profession: | Teacher |
Gladys Molefi Olebile Masire (30 July 1931 – 17 May 2014) was a Botswana teacher and political figure who served as the longest ruling First Lady of Botswana from 1980 until 1998.
Gladys Molefi Olebile was born in 1931 in the village of Modimola, Mafikeng, Union of South Africa. She was the daughter of Fenkwane Mogwera and Mabu Mogwera. From her maternal side, she belonged to the Tawana-a-Tshidi Mina Tholo royal family. After graduating from Tigerkloof, she followed in her mother's footsteps by becoming a teacher for many years, firstly in her hometown of Mafikeng and later at Kanye, Bechuanaland.[1]
In the 1980s, Lula Dawson, wife of U.S. Ambassador Horace Dawson, helped Olebile Masire establish Botswana's first charity.[2] This charity was called the Child-to-Child Foundation of Botswana, and she was an honorary president of the foundation in 1996.[3]
In 1990, Gladys Olebile Masire was a member of the Mandela National Reception Committee that helped prepare for Nelson Mandela's June 1990 visit to Gaborone after his release from Robben Island.[4]
She was married to the late former President of Botswana Quett Ketumile Masire in 1958 and had six children.[5]
On 17 May 2014, she died at Milpark Hospital in Parktown, Johannesburg, South Africa, aged 82. She was buried in Kanye, Botswana, on 25 May 2014, a week later.[1]