Molefe laid to rest at 85

| Thursday May 30, 2013 00:00

 

Thereafter he proceeded to Kelnerton Teacher Training College in the then Transvaal Province where he pursued both Primary, Secondary and Teaching Education.  He acquired his education through the encouragement of the then Dutch Reformed Church Missionaries in Mochudi who were very influential in the betterment of the Bakgatla Tribe.  Upon completion of his training, he started his teaching career at Hamanskraal and Mathibestad respectively and his final teaching post was in Themba in the Republic of South Africa.

In 1967 Molefe returned home to Botswana and continued his teaching career at Gaborone Secondary School under the leadership of the late C.A.R Motsepe.  After spending some time in teaching, Molefe changed his career path and ventured into Broadcasting.  His first appointment was in 1973 as an Assistant Programme Producer in the then Department of Broadcasting under the Office of the President.  Whilst in the broadcasting profession, he was sent to Nairobi, Kenya for a course in Radio Production and Communications and later to London where he pursued a course in Instructional Techniques and Radio Training at British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC). Molefe progressed through different positions as a producer and was once Head of the then popular Sports Programme (Dikgang Tsa Metshameko).

After his successful career in broadcasting, Molefe was transferred to the District Administration Department under the Ministry of Local Government and Lands in 1980.  He served as a District Officer in Selebi Phikwe and Serowe, and was later elevated and transferred to Tsabong as District Commissioner where he retired in 1988.  Upon retirement, Molefe re-joined the Public Service as Principal Elections Officer in the Department of Elections, this time on contract terms which ended in 1992.  He also served in the Prisons Parole Board of First Offenders. Molefe served his country tirelessly and diligently through the years which saw him bestowed with the Presidential Order of Meritorious Award in 2005.

MMK as he was affectionately called by those dear to him had a passion for music and football.  He was a keen member of the Dutch Reformed Church and regularly worshiped Mochudi.  He also loved politics and was a staunch member of the Botswana Democratic Party (BDP).  Molefe was a member of the Mathulwa Regiment of the Bakgatla tribe.  Amid his busy work life, like every Motswana, MMK loved farming.He joined in holy matrimony with his first wife the late Johanna Dikeledi Molefe (nee Mofamere) from Hamanskraal in South Africa.  He later married his second wife, Nomakhaya Chriselda Molefe (nee Dolophine)  from Mafikeng in South Africa.  They were blessed with seven children, four sons and three daughters.  He is survived by his wife Nomakhaya, six children, two daughters, four sons, two daughters-in-law, 17 grandchildren and three great grandchildren.Robala ka kagiso morwa Molemi-A-Molefe-A- Seoke-A-Modimakwane.  Kgabo!Lethulwa  laa Linchwe -A- Kgafela.