Makgato’s timely return

Speaking of the future, a few weeks ago when Minister Philda Kereng was dropped from Parliament to take up a diplomatic post in Nigeria, many tipped Makgato as the likely next Special Elected Member of Parliament (SEMP). But the post was later given to Boitumelo Gofhamodimo. Now that SEMP reports are a thing of the past, Makgato admitted that she had read some of the reports from her farm and laughed them off.

“I was given an assignment (Botswana’s High Commissioner to Australia) to go do it for four years. I have done it and I am back, that was and has always been my intention,” she remarked. Makgato, who shocked everyone in the build-up to the 2019 General Election by standing up to former President Ian Khama, says she attributes her bold character to her childhood upbringing. She tells this publication that from a younger age, she was taught to speak and live her truth.