Serame’s meteoric rise

In Setswana, our generation of forebears have deliberately coined a proverb that aptly foretells one’s good fortunes from a tender age. The Setswana proverb, “…ntsanyana ya maitaya/tshwara sebatana e bonwa mabotwabotweng” or roughly translated, it’s easy to tell what someone will become from an early age. Mmegi Staffer RYDER GABATHUSE writes that whoever coined the proverb probably had the case of Finance Minister, Peggy Serame, in mind

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