Through trials and tribulations: The Right Reverend speaks

Bishop Beleme never had it easy. Born sixth in a family of eight children, his was the dictionary definition of ‘humble beginnings’. Matters took a turn for the worse in 1968 when the Bishop was six, as his hardworking father collapsed and died while working in the fields.

Like many other Batswana at the time, the older Beleme had also worked in the South African mines and his death touched his sixth-born deeply. It also plunged the family into dire straits.