Mma Mohohlo: Four decades of diligence

Fallen luminary: Linah Mohohlo and President Masisi PIC: KENNEDY RAMOKONE
Fallen luminary: Linah Mohohlo and President Masisi PIC: KENNEDY RAMOKONE

As the presidency leads an effort to reinvigorate the civil service under the Reset agenda, Linah Mohohlo, who passed away last week, is remembered as an icon of diligence and excellence in public duty. Staff Writer, MBONGENI MGUNI reports

In those days in early 1976, when Linah Mohohlo joined the civil service, coming from the private sector, there was no such thing as ‘system e down’.The Republic was barely 10-years-old and in need of dedicated builders at all levels, an ‘all hands on deck’ approach.

The Bank of Botswana (BoB) that she was joining to provide secretarial duties, was barely a year old, having been established in 1975. In those years, the bank was located in the Main Mall at Embassy Chambers, far removed from the sprawling complex many know it as today.

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