The lady, who many describe also as extraordinaire, is the second female to ascend to the highest court in the land. She served as a High Court judge for close to 10 years. Garekwe's journey in the world of educational enlightenment started off at primary school in her home village from 1974 to 1980, then junior school to Cambridge Ordinary Level at Moeng college from 1981 to 1985. She then went for national service,Tirelo Sechaba in 1986 at Takatokwane village. Justice Garekwe graduated with an LLB degree from the University of Botswana. She later went on to acquire a Master of Laws degree from Georgetown University, Washington DC in the United States of America.
Her programme of study focused on International Human Rights Law, International Trade, Comparative Constitutional Law and International Business Transactions from 2002 to 2003. Additional to her qualifications, she has done a Post-Graduate Certificate in International Human Rights Law in Vienna, Austria. At the High Court of Botswana (Lobatse division), her duties included presiding over diverse civil, commercial, criminal, matrimonial and other matters as a justice of the first instance; presiding over appeals from the Customary Court of Appeal; the Land Tribunal and the Magistrate Courts and also sitting at the Court of Appeal as an Acting Justice of Appeal. Justice Garekwe also served in private practice for 19 years during which time she was the sole proprietor of M.T. Garekwe Attorneys from May 2000 to March 2011. She worked as a part-time lecturer in the Department of Law at the University of Botswana from 2009 to 2011.
