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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Mabogo dinku a thebana

According to both the acting director of Veterinary Services, Kobedi Segale and acting Lands and Agriculture minister, Edwin Dikoloti, the virus currently raging through the North-East mostly likely first entered the country during the festive season.From the “unprecedented” number of cases picked in testing last week, it is likely that cattle and other livestock could have been infected last year, without being reported.Animal health...

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