A personal tribute to Archie Sekao Makgothi

Well remembered: Makgothi had a love of travel
Well remembered: Makgothi had a love of travel

The curtain was drawn on one of Botswana’s illustrious lives on October 8, 2020 when Archie Makgothi bowed out.

I shared with Makgothi at least two characteristics; we were smitten by spinsters of Rhodesian descent, whom we later married. Rhodesia was flowing with the proverbial milk and honey then. Secondly, we once owned Peugeot sedans and are currently on our second generation of Isuzu.

Peugeot was Africa’s toughest sedan for the middle class in the 1970s and early 1980s. The sedan earned us respect from our in-laws where it was recognised. Makgothi named his Peugeot, Macpherson, after learning that its front shocks were Macpherson struts.

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Congratulations Anicia Gaothuse!

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