The Same Bathobakae I knew

My response was that I was not aware of anyone who has passed on, but he presses on and tells me that someone had just called his wife to share the news of Cde Same Makgowa  ‘Kwankweta’ Bathobakae.

I instantly called her number and just rang unanswered. All I wanted to tell her was that someone was spreading the news that she is no more. While the phone was ringing, I waited in anticipation of that infectious and authoritative laugh I would get after sharing the news. But it never happened. In the meantime more calls were coming in from people wanting to verify the news.  I had no answers.