I
t’s not every day that I get the pleasure of
being invited to perform my journalistic
duties in the home of my subject. And
when we scheduled an interview with
the globally educated and continentally
respected, Mohale Ralebitso, that’s exactly
what happened.
real thing. His professional profile commands
absolute respect, dwarfed only by his
commitment to active, conscious, citizenship
that starts from within.
First steps towards success
The sibling to three and father of two walked
me through his professional life, which began
as a fruit-trading entrepreneur at the age of
seven! His father, an accountant, put Mohale
and his brother, TC, to work from an early age
and it’s the lessons from that very first gig which
laid the foundations for the development of his
Things began to come full circle when I walked
business acumen.
into a warm, purposefully curated environment,
which brought with it a sense of openness and
Years later, Mohale would continued his
calm to my traffic-fuelled morning.
entrepreneurial
development,
tutoring
throughout high school in the USA, being a
The ambience of his home captures a culturally
doorman and waiting high-end tables in Long
utopic excellence that made me imagine an
Island NY.
IMBO fashion shoot. And as our conversation
deepened, the man and his home appeared
An interest in political economy and governance,
perfectly suited for one another.
and how it could be used to change the world,
led him to enroll at the City University of New
His resume is loaded with Directorships,
York (CUNY) where he would study Political
Chairships, buyouts, mergers, launches and
Science, Sociology and Psychology. (Leaving
a little Ivy League education. The man is the
behind the dreams of a childhood engineer
with a love for impeccably finished wire-cars,
complete with working head-lamps and styled,
tin-can designer wheels.)
My pre-interview research listed a series of
accomplishments and professional success.
When speaking to my various contacts for
context, I was also met with a host of positive
adjectives. So naturally, my intrigue and
excitement reached fever pitch.
“ … E D U C AT I O N I S A
CRUCIAL INGREDIENT
FOR THE GROWTH
OF A PROSPEROUS
A Z A N I A .”
IMBO/ ISSUE 31/ '14
Outside of a demanding curriculum, he still
found time to participate in student activism
by leading a number of influential campus
societies where his management acuity would
continue to bloom.
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