Numerous of his colleagues in the fraternity were shell shocked that the fledgling Mosikare had come out in the open about his political link and he would later scruple the choice he had made. He expeditiously dealt with the emerging professional threats so that they do not unsettle him going forward. Motivated by a hard-earned triumph at his party’s (Botswana Congress Party) primaries, Lebogang who was popularly known as ‘Tso’ to hordes of his acquaintances, proceeded to contest for the local polls at Itekeng ward, but lost to the hard-to-beat Lesego Kwambala of the then ruling Botswana Democratic Party (BDP). His detested decision nearly haunted him as he was almost left without a career to give him the requisite solace after his unexpected political loss. The newsroom would later be divided over his decision whether he should resume or be exited to pursue his political career in earnest. The newsroom feared what the backlash of ‘Tso’s decision could bring upon him and the craft itself. Immediately after the national polls, ‘Tso’ went missing from both political activity and the newsroom. This must have been triggered by stress of losing the polls when he fervently thought he would be victorious. He was also possibly tormented by the likelihood of suffering rejection from the profession he so much revered.
He has had a sojourn at the Botswana Guardian and The Midweek Sun under the tutelage of investigative journalist, Ntibinyane Ntibinyane and veteran journalist, Abraham Motsokono. It was former colleague Chakalisa Dube who after settling at the Mmegi/The Monitor stable (from Guardian/Sun) assisted in establishing ‘Tso’s whereabouts at a time we needed to beef up the northern team. It is worth mentioning that reconciling with the newsroom was a somewhat onerous task for ‘Tso’ as his reappearance came with a lot of illumination to render. He, however, never wriggled to explicate himself. Upon his return, he would spend most of the time at both the Magistrate and the High Court, the places he loved the most. To Lebogang, the craft was more like a religion he would not easily part ways with, as instead he would defend it against those who were reckless and had a penchant of soiling the good name of the profession. He held strongly to the notion that a pen is mightier than a sword, an expression indicating that the written word is more effective than violence as a means of social or political change. To some extent, Mosikare was a self-confessed social justice advocate who covered even the most perturbing injustices in the northern part of the country.
