Critical stakeholders from the 43 villages that constitute the North East District gather at the Masunga main Kgotla meeting. This is no ordinary meeting. It is an epoch-making gathering preparing to give Mogae a fitting send-off. At 10 am on the dot the meeting begins in earnest. Through its chair the committee delivers a progress report to a well attentive audience. All appeared well. It occurs to me that no stone has been left unturned. The fundraising exercise has been a success story. Out of 43 villages only three, Patayamatebele, Matopi and Mowane, failed to raise the P200 that was asked from each village. Some villages were so generous as to go beyond the P200 quota. Cash at hand amounted to a handsome figure of P11,399. Thanks to the collective efforts of the councilors, civil servants, Dikgosi and dikgosana and the MP for Tati East, Samson Moyo Guma, the President will walk away with gifts of four beasts and four goats.
In winding up her presentation, the District Commissioner, J.B. Molebatsi called for the spirit of togetherness and asked everyone to treat the President's visit as a North East District affair.
