Mokhothu steps up quest to win 2022 polls Mokhothu steps up quest to win 2022 polls
Pascalinah Kabi
DEMOCRATIC Congress (DC) leader, Mathibeli Mokhothu, is leaving no stone unturned in his avowed quest to secure an outright victory in next year’s general elections to give his party the mandate to govern alone.
The deputy prime minister has so far embarked on several campaign strategies including “disguised” birthday celebrations and food donations to various constituencies to avoid falling foul of strict Covid-19 regulations which bar political gatherings.
Over the weekend, he made the short trip across the border into Bloemfontein to meet the family of the late feared famo singer, Rethabile Mokete. Popularly known as Mosotho Chakela, the singer-cum Terene gang leader, died of Covid-19 related complications in January this year.
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‘He was special’
MASERU-Thapelo Mokete always had an inkling that his father would die by a bullet and not through natural causes.
That was because his father, Rethabile Mokete, better known as Mosotho Chakela, had made “too many enemies that were vying for his blood”.
Feared and loathed in equal measure, Mokete was the kingpin of the Terene famo music gang that was always in mortal combat with a rival gang called Seakhi.
Mokete controlled the Terene famo gang with icy ruthlessness. Those who dared cross his path were quickly eliminated.
Mokete, who died on December 28 from a Covid-19 related illness, was laid to rest in Bloemfontein, South Africa, on Monday.
Chakela dies
MASERU-FEARED famo music gangster and the suspected kingpin in the Lipolelo Thabane murder case, Rethabile Mokete, better known as Mosotho Chakela, has died of Covid-19.
Chakela died on Tuesday in Bloemfontein after a short illness.
He was 54.
Chakela, the founder of feared famo rival gang, Terene, was admitted to hospital together with three others on December 28 last year.
Two have since recovered from Covid-19 while one is still battling for his life in hospital.
Nteei Ts’ehlana, who was deputy to Chakela, said his boss was rushed to hospital together with three others after he fell ill.
Chakela died on Tuesday after his condition deteriorated.