Motaosane’s staying powe :: Mmegi Online

Maverick politician, Palelo Motaosane’s humble beginnings have robbed him of a dream career in electrical engineering. Everything just crashed under his watch as his parents could not afford his quest to further his education. As it was with many Batswana children, his parents could not afford school fees at the time. Writes Mmegi Staffer RYDER GABATHUSE

Although he has a successful political career by far, the 64-year-old Botswana Democratic Party (BDP) Thamaga/Kumakwane legislator never wished to become a politician in the first place. But circumstances conspired against him, forcing him to abandon his first love and pursue office work just to rescue his family from the confronts he could not simply succumb to. He wanted to provide for his family in times of need.

Playing street soccer in the dusty streets of Thamaga village as a young man, Motaosane, with a moniker that corrupts his surname to Mathousand or Thousands, harboured the dream of becoming an engineer.

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