Remembering Swaneng of late �80s, early �90s
Friday, March 28, 2014
![Students at Swaneng](https://cdn4.premiumread.com/?url=https://www.mmegi.bw/uploads/imported_images/2014/march/28/phpE062.tmp.jpg&w=400&q=72&f=jpg&t=1)
Students at Swaneng
His niece, Boitumelo Mosiakgabo (now Tema) and I were the stars of the group having passed our Primary School Leaving Exams (PSLE) with A’s in 1987.
As you can imagine, we were a tiny and noisy bunch. Needless to say we were intimidated by the new ‘gigantic’ buildings around us, and all the ‘old’ people we were supposed to school with when we arrived at Swaneng.
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