Nchindo was a De Beers fan, says Magang
Friday, July 11, 2008
As minister, my most acrimonious relations were not with people who fell directly under me but with heads of para-statals that fell within the ambit of my ministry. My most tempestuous spats were with Louis Nchindo, Olebile Gaborone and Joshua Galeforolwe, with those involving the latter two resonating into the public domain.
Like me, Nchindo was brought up in Molepolole. I knew his family reasonably well. His father was a police officer. He was his parents' only child, his father having originally come from Barotseland in Zambia and his mother being a local from Tlokweng.
March 28 will go down as a day that Batswana will never forget because of the accident that occurred near Mmamatlakala in Limpopo, South Africa. The tragedy affected not only the grieving families but the nation at large. Batswana throughout the process stood behind the grieving families and the governments of Botswana and South Africa need much more than a pat on the back.Last Saturday was a day when family members said their last goodbyes to...