21/11/2025
This man here is Mr Fraser Tlhoiwe
I first got to pay attention to his outstanding performance when he was a School Head at Kwenasereto Junior Secondary School in Molepolole. Kwenasereto was on top of its game!
Mater Spei can attest to his obsession with excellence! Mater Spei soared!
He later became the Principal of St Joseph's College. At that point I was a leader within the UCCSA and a Board Member of the Moeding College Board of Governors. St Joseph's was doing wonders. I then set out on a benchmarking mission to establish what they were doing right which our school wasn't doing. I gleaned some great wisdom!
Mr Tlhoiwe didn't have to transfer the teaching and non teaching staff he found in a school. He created a culture of excellence and hardwork, and everyone had to follow the leader. In every establishment, Leadership is everything!
As a teacher at Maoka under the leadership of Mrs Theresa Mmolawa, we had thirst and hunger for excellence, and we knew the schools that needed our attention. We took teachers and some non teaching staff and traveled to Selibe-Phikwe for a benchmarking exercise at Makhubu Junior Secondary School. That school was in a league of its own, excellence was not only seen, you could smell excellence as you walked about the grounds of Makhubu.
Mma Mmolawa took us to Gaborone Game Reserve, and there she brought the School Head of Moselewapula Junior Secondary School to address us. We left nothing to chance. In all these, the School Heads needed not to transfer any teacher, but to transform the mindset. Theirs was just to create a culture of winning and excellence, and to do that, it only needed passion, and passion became their driving force. Those schools still exist, obviously with different leaders now.
It is very true, I can inherit a very brutal Police service and transform it, creating it in my own image after my likeness. I don't need to fire any police officer. I just need to show them the new way and ask them to follow it. That's what transformative leadership does. In Politics, political leaders are powerful and their word is everyone's command. Fear doesn't come from the DIS. Fear comes from the Head of State!
I have never called for the resignation of the BDF or Police or DIS leaders, but the President! Why? Because i knew where our pains came from- the President! His word is the command! He fashions every institution in his own image and as such those institutions reflect the true character of the Head of State.
Back to Mr Tlhoiwe. He later worked in the office of the former President, the late Sir Ketumile Masire. This man is a great inspiration, and todate, I am still holding tight to his wisdom. He's a rare resource. These are the kind of people who'd make great impact as Consultants.
