Background
He was born on April 30, 1930, at Sekake, Qacha's Nek in the south-east.
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David Phatela Makoae
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Educated at Qacha’s Nek primary school and Mariazell Institution.
Career
At the age of 19 he went to South Africa, where he worked as a clerk at the Johannesburg Bus Corporation. He returned home in 1953 to government service as a clerk in the Ministry of Agriculture and then as an assistant public relations officer at the ministry in 1962. He won a 10-month scholarship from the United Nations Food and Agricultural Organisation for a study tour to Britain, West Germany, Italy, Greece and Israel.
After leaving the Ministry of Agriculture in 1963 he joined the Nutrition Education Programme and in 1964 became its administrative secretary. In 1965 he prepared himself for the foreign service of his government at independence first with a Carnegie scholarship to study diplomacy at Dares-Salaam. Then he had a 10-week course studying diplomatic practice at the British Embassy in Norway. His diplomatic career was interrupted for a period as Permanent Secretary to the Ministry of Agriculture.
Personality
Forceful newcomer to the cabinet after six years in diplomatic and government service. Fast talker with a quick grasp of new situations, he can use the technique he learned as a public relations officer to present a case effectively. A month after joining the government, Makoae, a former clerk-typist, was speaking for his country at the Commonwealth Finance Ministers’ conference in London and the meeting of the International Monetary Fund in Washington because of Finance Minister Sekhonyana being ill.
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Basotho
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July 26, 1972