10 Oct 2016

A Khuis resident, Mr Tshwarelo Mmoloki, is a youth with a mission and believes life has no boundaries.

Speaking in an interview recently, the 30-year-old said there were endless possibilities to create positive change.

He said the world was in a desperate need for change, and that it was time for youth to spread their wings and be agents of change.

The self-motivated younster said when he grew up, he relied on institutional advice such as schools and churches as well as his parents and community leaders to make him a better person.

Mr Mmoloki said he learnt that life was about making priorities right and keeping focus on issues that mattered most, adding that it was of paramount importance to invest energy and time on things that would bring positive results.

Mr Mmoloki has been passionate about volunteering and leadership. He also believed that mindset change drove one to think bigger and better.

He said he was privileged to have served as the voice of the youth of Kgalagadi South during the three year term as the Botswana National Youth Council chairperson from 2012 to 2015.

It was through that experience, according to Mr Mmoloki that he began to realise the meaning of the quote by Anthony Robbins that ‘there is no greatness without passion to be great.’

He also tried his luck by applying for the Young African Leaders Initiative, of which he became number 75 out of 500 in Africa but it was unfortunate he could not make it to the top 10 spot.

His passion for human and infrastructure development also saw him being part of community development committees and projects, youth forums and motivational seminars in Kgalagadi.

He has been a master of ceremony at various events in the area, sharpening his oral presentation and public speaking skills which according to him was critical to changing people’s lives. 

Moreover, Mr Mmoloki expressed gratitude for being afforded an opportunity to partake in BOT50 activities in Tsabong.

“I was chosen to unveil the statue where the roving torch was displayed during its welcoming ceremony at the Tsabong Cultural Centre in October 2015,” he says.

The young man is also passionate about arts; he is a traditional song writer and director for Thari ya Setso traditional dance group.

He is also a managing director at Mmola Music productions, the company that deals with sound hiring and video shooting that was financed by Youth Development Fund. 

He says arts create representation of aspects of the real world, especially human actions in literature and influence people thus transforming lives.

Furthermore, he said in the near future he will be launching the ‘beauty at grassroots’ project in Kgalagadi South.

Beauty at grassroots according to Mmoloki is a movement that will involve beauty pageantry and dialogue sessions aimed at grooming teenage girls to become responsible women.

He added that  the project seeks to help teenage girls in rural area get mentored and empowered to reach their full potential.

Beauty at grassroots project is also aimed at reducing the number of school drop outs due to teenage pregnancy, alcohol and drug abuse, he said.

“Arts do not only entertain but rather they motivate, liberate and educate people. I believe there are many Botswana youth with passion to use arts for social change and I do urge them to make it happen,” says Mmoloki. ENDS