Govt Rolls Red Carpet For BMD�s Thero Gaadingwe

Thero Gaadingwe PIC: KABO MPAETONA
Thero Gaadingwe PIC: KABO MPAETONA

Botswana Movement For Democracy (BMD) activist Thero Gaadingwe was accorded a hero’s send off at a moving memorial service for the former Zebras and Gaborone United great at the national stadium on Thursday.

Gaadingwe was found dead while on a training camp in preparation for the upcoming Gaborone marathon, in Kgomokasitwa last week. Relatives told mourners that the post-mortem results indicated he had heart complications.

In attendance were Vice President Mokgweetsi Masisi and assistant Minister in the office of the President Phillip Makgalemele, among others.

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