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Former deputy of Molepolole North Gaotlhaetse Utlwang Sankoloba (GUS) Matlhabaphiri was buried on Saturday.
Multitudes of people including former Vice President Ponatshego Kedikilwe, cabinet ministers, members of the Botswana Democratic Party (BDP) and the Church of the United Congregation of Southern Africa (UCCSA) gathered at Ga-Ranta Ward to celebrate GUS life and say goodbye.
GUS as Matlhabaphiri was lovingly born in Molepolole November 6, 1949.
One of his friends, Pono Moatlhodi, remembers his departure as singer and founder of an international choir.
He says that Matlhabaphiri was the first politician to record a tape on Radio Botswana. [19659004] "I was an integral part of the Matlhabaphiri family thanks to our friendship, in 1995, at a convention held in Mogoditshane, GUS m learned to take notes for the number of our voters." We started from 1999 to 2012, "said Moatlhodi
He went on to say:" In 1997 at the Commonwealth countries meeting held in Boipuso , Matlhabaphiri.M talked about the importance of wearing national colors and today, when I do not wear the colors of our national flag, I feel like I am naked, I'm not sure. I was taught by GUS tsala yame go swa go tsoga. "
BDP Secretary General, Mpho Balopi, called on his members and followers to imitate Matlhabaphiri by working hard for his party and for his party, said Mr. Moatlhodi, secretary general of the BDP. He was a servant first and a leader and finally he was a team player, his soul rested in peace, we learned a lot from him and we will continue wher Matlhabaphiri served this country with dedication and distinguished in various capacities, having started his career as a bank clerk in 1971 and then becoming a professor at Capital Continuation Clbades and Diamond Sorter at the Botswana Valuing Company
. He has served as High Commissioner to Botswana in the United Kingdom, Namibia and Ambbadador to Sweden.
He was also a member of Parliament from 1979 to 1984, from 1989 to 2004 and from 2009 to 2014. He also held several ministerial positions. for agriculture, work and home affairs, presidential affairs and public administration and health between 1979 and 2014.
Matlhabaphiri, who has lived with heart disease enlarged for years s & # Collapsed and died on June 28, 2018.
girls, their mother and their two grandchildren.
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