Gladys T.K. Kokorwe attended the Local Government Certificate course that I set up and Managed at the Institute of Development Management in Gaborone, Botswana in 1981-82. After she finished the course I nominated her for the one year diploma course at the University of Connecticut in Development Management. She takes up the story from there: “After doing your course and getting A+ I went to Hartford Connecticut for the Diploma Course, although I was recommended to proceed to do a Masters the Ministry decided I would comeback to head the then ULGS Training dept and run both Induction and Admin Courses throughout the Country at all the Town and District Councils. To cut a long story short I was a Civil Servant in various capacities until 1994 when I retired and joined politics. Member of Parliament for Thamaga Constituency during which time I served as Assistant Minister, Local Government, Deputy Speaker of the National Assembly and Minister for Youth, Sport and Culture. In 2009 I retired from Politics and thought I would go home to my small farm 30 kms from Gabs and relax, but that was not to be. H. E. appointed me Botswana Ambassador to Zimbabwe and that is where I am. My contract ends next year October and that’s when I will go home.”
John Sunnygard is Director of Global Education at the University of Colorado Denver. He holds the Masters Degree in Political Science from the University of Nebraska at Lincoln.
Jan Sallinger, Teacher, Writer and Builder. Fort Lewis College, Durango, Colorado
