Sekgororoane on BNF and her new home in the BMD

"I grew up in the Botswana National Front. I gravitated towards its politics in 1969 when I was doing my Form One under the tutelage of party founder Dr Kenneth Koma at Mahalapye Night School. He was my English teacher, whilst Pretty Molefhe who later became the first woman in the BNF central committee taught us geometry.

Our English teacher Koma taught us tough English. He would tell us that, "'Ga o re motho o makgakga, you say they are super-serious!' However my political activism was to start later," relates Rhoda Sekgororoane, a former BNF activist.

She reminisces about her formative days as a politician, when they used to go to Koma's shop at Botalaote in Mahalapye. They would listen to the political maestro as he held them in thrall with stories of communist Russia, the power of the philosophy (communism) to ensure that people have equal access to their country's natural resources, thereby cutting down poverty and inequality amongst people.

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Closure as pain lingers

March 28 will go down as a day that Batswana will never forget because of the accident that occurred near Mmamatlakala in Limpopo, South Africa. The tragedy affected not only the grieving families but the nation at large. Batswana throughout the process stood behind the grieving families and the governments of Botswana and South Africa need much more than a pat on the back.Last Saturday was a day when family members said their last goodbyes to...

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