Gracious nightingale bows out
She will remain more than a memory
Born: August 07 1942
Died: April 07 2017
Funeral: 15 April, UNIBO Chapel at 07h00 (opposite the North West University)
Burial: Mmabatho Cemetery
OUR mother, the late Victoria Kgomotso Emang Mogotsi, was born in Schmidsdrift in Northern Cape on August 07, 1942. She passed away on April 07, 2017, aged 74, at Louis Pasteur Hospital in Pretoria.
She was the third and last born child of the late Tumisang Thompson and the late Sinah Monako Tire nee’ Cidraas.
She completed her primary and high school at the renowned Tigerkloof Educational Institution in Northern Cape.
She earned her General Nurse and Midwifery Qualifications from Mc Cord’s Hospital in Durban from 1964 to 1966. She subsequently acquired her Diploma in Psychiatry in 1976 at Bophelong Hospital in Mahikeng.
Her pursuit for education earned her the BA (Cur) from the University of South Africa in 1994, majoring in Nursing Administration and Community Nursing Science. She enrolled for a non-degree purpose and passed the Nursing Ethos & Professional Practice 1 and proceeded to register for a course in Method of Nursing Research, BA (Cur) and Advanced Community Nursing Science (Masters).
To further broaden her scholastic horizons, our supermom, grandmother, great grandmother and aunty attended the family planning course in Pretoria (1978); the community development officers course in 1980 (University of Bophuthatswana) as well as netting her computer literacy from the Department of Health.
Mogotsi rendered her many years to the service of the nation by working with exceptional distinction, unrivalled commitment and outstanding diligence in a myriad of public, private and religious structures. Most of these years were spent in the profession she used to refer to as a “calling”, nursing.
She served various communities in South Africa and Botswana from Thaba Nchu in Free State, Vryburg and Mahikeng in Northwest, Kuruman in Northern Cape, and Lobatse. She was a member of the Think-Tank” committee that was appointed to re-establish Tigerkloof and Lobatse Mental Hospitals in Botswana.
On the margins of all this, she was merited for outstanding performances and awarded the Richard Ellis Prize. She also received exceptional accolades from the Durban City Council.
Her hands mended broken limbs, helped hearts to survive , her hands kept dreams alive.
May her soul rest in peace.