This article is part 2 of David Scara Aphirie’s story. The first part was in the last issue of this paper. Those who read the first article will recall that Aphirie’s body was cremated in Mahalapye recently and that his initial wish was that his body be donated to the Sir Ketumile Masire Teaching Hospital for teaching purpose. The hospital could not accept the donation because it was not ready yet to do so. Cremation was therefore his last option. He was probably the first Motswana to make such a gesture. Like many in this country, Aphirie or Scara as he was popularly known to the people of Mochudi went through the ups and downs of life. This is not surprising because individuals do have the positive and negatives in their lives. The first live story of him was largely about the positives. Of course the riots of 1995 were all about the negatives. This is the focus of the present story.
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