"We want to be ‘the aged in counsel and the young in action."
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Don’t turns us, the elderly, into dinosaurs – Dr Chiepe (16th October 2013)
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Gaositwe Chiepe
Dr Gaositwe Thipe Chiepe (20 October 1922 – 26 January 2025) in Serowe and a daughter to T. and S.T Chiepe (nee Sebina). Her father died when she was very young and her extended family wanted her to leave school and get married, but her mother insisted she stay in school to continue her education. Chiepe undoubtedly attributed her successful career to her mother’s insistence that she be educated.
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