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My journey with Mmegi

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As Mmegi commemorates its 40th anniversary in August this year, Mmegi correspondent KAGISO SEKOKONYANE reminisces about his journey with the newspaper

Upon completion of my BA (Humanities) degree at the University of Botswana (UB) in June 1993, I had to look for employment straight away.

I tried my luck in a few government departments to no avail. At the time, government was the main employer of graduates from UB but upon our completion, the situation had changed. Not all of us were absorbed, so we had to fend for ourselves.

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