Running from F/town to Gabs for you

Sunday, May 31, 2015

On Sunday morning Modise Koofhethile will start a 441km charity run from Francistown to Gaborone. Mmegi Staff Writer, THALEFANG CHARLES, caught up with the man as he prepares for the most ambitious running challenge ever done in Botswana

It is lunchtime in Gaborone. The Y-Care Charitable Trust Chairman Modise Koofhethile walks into the organisation’s boardroom. He is fresh from his day job at Botswana Oil, where he is the new General Manager Corporate Strategy and Business Planning.

He carries coffee table books about himself and a medals hanger. The hanger features 20 marathon medals and the words, ‘My Medals, My Story’ boldly carved on top.

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