If you do not appreciate this village, you certainly have to pay attention when proud villagers belt out a long list of their sons and daughters, who are among Botswana's movers and shakers.
For Maunatlala is home to gospel music icon Mmereki Marakakgoro, the first Motswana Chief Justice, the late Moleleki Mokama, Bank of Botswana Deputy Governor Moses Pelaelo, Samuel Outule, Ambassador of Botswana to the US in Washington DC, Director of Student Placement Edward Kemsley, Botswana College of Agriculture (BCA) principal Mazola Obonetse. The list is endless.Perched at the foothills of the expansive Tswapong Hills and on the edge of the Lotsane River on its last lap before it flows into the Limpopo, Maunatlala is hilly to the south and to the north is as low as a valley. Sometimes it is so quiet that one may wonder where the people have gone with only donkeys chasing each other wildly in the scorching sun. Only a few vehicles can be seen travelling from one side of the village to the other down to the Equator bar and Mophane Complex that seem to be the village centre. The only tarred road that goes into the village ends at this complex at a road junction that connects the Tribal Administration offices and Mosweu and Mokokwana villages.
