A tribute to Archibald Makgothi

Dearly departed: Makgothi
Dearly departed: Makgothi

On Saturday, October 10, 2020 I missed a call from my good friend Ollie Groth at exactly 8:10am.

My phone had been on silent, as I usually have it so in order not to be awoken in the middle of the night whilst enjoying my deep slumber mostly by cantankerous clients running away from police whilst under the influence. 

When I saw the missed call from Ollie I immediately returned it because Ollie hardly calls me just to exchange pleasantries, having worked with him for over 10 years as board members of Bana Ba Metsi School, he being the past immediate chairperson of the board.

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