Botshelo Wame Sechele - Tribute to a vivacious larger-than-life personae

How would I easily believe that someone with whom I had had a characteristic cheerful phone conversation only three days earlier had abruptly departed this life. In fact, were the news bearer not her sister I would probably have procrastinated swallowing the bitter pill and sought temporary asylum under the pretext of the need to first verify. But alas, in this case the source was impeccable and as good as the horse’s mouth.

I first met Botshelo Wame Sechele 26 years ago when we were both Form 1 students at Marang Junior Secondary School. I was classmates with her close friend Koketso Rathedi. As a result of this friendship she frequented our class. We were to later meet at Mater Spei College where we were both boarders.