Young And Bold

Kanathata Dipogiso
Kanathata Dipogiso

At just 26 years, Kenathata Dipogiso was defying the prophesy of his own first name, which seemed to suggest that he was destined to be a weakling. He had become the opposite of his name, Kenathata, and managed to challenge and wrestle the position of regional chairmanship in one of the Botswana Teachers Union (BTU) regions, the BOTSWATUMA region, made up of Mahalapye South, Shoshong, Mookane, Mokobeng, Sefhare, Machaneng and Kalamare, among others.

At 30, he was fighting another battle for the deputy secretary General of the BTU, his first attempt at a seat in the BTU board. He was not successful, but Dipogiso had tasted blood. Today he is the second in command as deputy President of the BTU. He was only 33, when he was elected the deputy president of the BTU in 2013.

In fact Dipogiso says at the time he was actually gunning for the highest post possible, the Presidency, but his fellow comrades thought he should rather settle for the No.2 because he was still too young.

Editor's Comment
Congratulations Anicia Gaothuse!

The contest had 10 beautiful young girls as finalists and unfortunately only one could wear the crown.The judges picked Anicia Gaothuse. To all those who feel their contestant should have won ahead of Anicia for whatever reason, hardly; the judges found Anicia to be the best among the best, so desist from disrespecting our newly crowned queen on social media or anywhere else, for that matter! Each of the 10 beautiful young women had supporters...

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