Boometswe Mokgothu: President Mogae�s Most Trusted Minister

Mokgothu
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A day before I embarked on the 120 kilometre journey to Letlhakeng to interview Boometswe Mokgothu, I phoned to confirm our meeting. He was keen to give me directions to his place. “When you arrive in Letlhakeng, you take left at the circle, then right, then....”.

Well, I wasn’t so much interested in capturing his directions because I knew I would easily find his place once I arrived in Letlhakeng. He  has been the Member of Parliament for 20 uninterrupted years, who in the village would not know Boometswe Mokgothu’s homestead!

Locating the place was a stroll in the park.  I knocked at his door at exactly 1pm and felt ashamed to have arrived at lunch time.

Editor's Comment
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