Tsogo High/Secondary School Alumni - NPO Registration No.053-952-NPO

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Alumni Profile: Omphile Modibela (Tsogo 1999)

Omphile Modibela (Tsogo 1999)

Omphile Modibela (Tsogo 1999)

Alumni Profile of Omphile Modibela, was also known as Spookie and Miss G.

I started at Tsogo High School in 1995 in standard 5 (Grade 7) and finished my matric in 1999. Earlier, I attended Isaac Mokwena Primary School in Mothotlung. Further I went on to attend Wits University (2000 -2004) where I obtained a degree in Chemical Engineering then Unisa (2006-2010) where I have just recently obtained my LLB degree.

Currently, I am working at an Intellectual Property Law firm, Spoor & Fisher, as a candidate patent attorney. I expect to be admitted as an attorney before the end of the year, where after I will be a qualified patent attorney. My job mainly involves obtaining patent protection for inventions (mainly inventions in the pharmaceutical, chemical, metallurgical, agricultural, paper industries) in South Africa and internationally, identifying whether certain products or processes are protected by way of patents, and if so, advising on the validity of such patents and whether clients can launch a product or processes without infringing such patents. On other occasions I have also been involved in Intellectual Property audits and due diligence.

Alumni Profile: Boingotlo Joan Legalamitlwa (Tsogo 1997)

Joan Legalamitlwa (Tsogo 1997)

Boingotlo Joan Legalamitlwa (Tsogo 1997)

Alumni Profile of Boingotlo Joan Legalamitlwa

Started at Tsogo High School in 1992 and matriculated in 1997. Earlier I attended Primary School at D P Kgotleng, in  Unit 2,  Mmabatho. I later continued to University of  Cape Town

Currently, I work as a curator in a cape town based art gallery – Michael Stevenson. The gallery has a team of 5 curators who manage the gallery artists as well as their exhibitions at the gallery and elsewhere. Gallery artists include South African greats such as Pieter Hugo, Nicholas Hlobo, Zanele Muholi, Penny Siopis, Berni Searle and Nandipha Mntambo among others. The gallery functions as the artists support base – from the conception of artworks, through the production and beyond the exhibition phase. Most importantly, we help sell their products to reputable collectors and institutions as well as insure that their art is marketed in art circles around the world.

Alumni Profile: Botlhale Mabatshidi Nong (Tsogo 1986)

Botlhale Mabatshidi Nong (Tsogo 1986)

Botlhale Mabatshidi Nong (Tsogo 1986)

Alumni Profile of Botlhale Mabatshidi Nong

I started at Tsogo High School, in Std. 6, in 1982 and matriculated in 1986.I had a number of nicknames while there. was called “die ou boemelaar” (the old bag/homeless person) from this Afrikaans fictional piece we read in Ms Letebele’s class – because I carried a HUGE green bag with ALL my books and dictionaries, a thesauraus (English, Afrikaans and Setswana) and Bible in it. I was also called BoMaNo (the first two letters of my names). Even though I now have a degree in Sports Science, I did not participate in a lot of sporting activities except for karate, which was offered for a few months in the middle years of my time at Tsogo and drum majorettes, which ALL female students were forced to join – I hated this so much! It seemed to me that all the people participating in the major and most popular sports offered (netball, soccer, volleyball etc) were some of the most popular people at school – and I was not one of those. I did a bit of debating, theater and music (but these faded out pretty much as soon as they started). Our librarian started a few interesting “book and reading circle” type of activities that I also participated

Much earlier I did my Sub A in Meadowlands, Soweto, Johannesburg and the rest of primary and middle school at: Lesego Primary School and then Tswelelang Middle School in Zone 4, Ga-Rankuwa, Pretoria

Alumni Profile: Mapela Motshabi-Custodio (Tsogo 1997)

Mapela Motshabi-Custodio (Tsogo 1997)

Mapela Motshabi-Custodio (Tsogo 1997)

Alumni Profile of Mapela Yvonne Motshabi-Custodio

I started at Tsogo High School in 1995 in Standard 8 (Grade 10) and matriculated in 1997. Earlier, I attended Rakale Primary School in Zone 3, Ga-Rankuwa. Further on, I attended Technikon Pretoria (Now Tshwane University of Technology), and received my National Diploma in Food Service Management. Then I studied further and received my Bachelor’s degree in Business Administration from Averett University, in Virginia, USA. I also have taken and still taking numerous professional development classes. I am also registered as a non-degree student at theUniversity of New Mexico taking graduate level classes while awaiting admission into a graduate degree program.

Alumni Profile: Noosie Petlele (Tsogo 1978)

Noosie Petlele (Tsogo 1978)

Noosie Petlele (Tsogo 1978)

Alumni Profile of Noosie C. Petlele

I started at Tsogo in 1977 and graduated/finished in1978. I was in the first graduating matric class at Tsogo. Earlier I attended Tlhologelo Primary School in Moletsane, Soweto. Further on, I received my undergraduate degree in Fine Arts (design major) from York University in Toronto, Canada. Hold an MBA degree from one of our sister institutions in the USA called Holy Names University in California.

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