He was a Social Studies teacher. That year, he was participating in the marking of Junior Examinations Social Studies papers which had an incident where the markers of Social Studies paper II downed the tools, demanding audience with authorities for better remuneration for the Paper II, as they found it too demanding but under paid for. Mokokomane had successfully mobilised all of the Paper II markers to join the boycott, which was a resounding success. But as the engagement with the authorities gained momentum, many of the markers abandoned the boycott and ran away, while only two men remained standing during the face off with the authorities over the matter, which they eventually won. According to Mokokomane, at the end it was him and a certain teacher whom he got to know well during the furore over the Social studies Paper II wages. That other teacher, who stuck with him for the long haul when the rest ran away, was a certain social studies teacher going by the names, Nicholas Tobokani Rari. From that episode, Mokokomane took interest in this calm, but resilient fighter.
Rari had made a lasting impression on the BOSETU national organising secretary, thanks to his steadfastness during the negotiations for the social studies paper II wages. As fate would have it, the two later meet again in Maun, few years later, where Mokokomane’s faith in the potential of the man sitting with him grew further. Then it happened. One dead of the night, in 2005, and ahead of the BOSETU national executive committee elections, Mokokomane phoned Rari and requested him to stand for additional member position at the elections. To his credit, at the time, Rari had already been steadily making moves and gaining recognition within the BOSETU community and was at the time chairperson, Northwest region.
