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In memory of Masire: Mokotedi is full of praises for Masire
In memory of Masire: Mokotedi is full of praises for Masire

Whenever the late statesman, Sir Ketumile Masire is mentioned, his humility, cooperation and humbleness stand out.

And no one speaks well of all his virtues than all the industrial class workers who were of service during his presidential tenure. Bontleeng Mokotedi worked as a State House cleaner during the founding president Sir Seretse Khama’s time and shone floors and maintained tidiness through Masire’s time and left her fond job when President Ian Khama took office. 

She has beautiful memories of how the country was built from nothing to the middle class economy it is today. “When Masire took over as the president, he called all the workers who were then working at the State House and asked us not to fear him as he was our father. That alone made us comfortable. He indeed treated us like his children and he would not eat his lunch while others did not eat.

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