Boitumelo Semete-Makokotlela leads the country’s medicines regulator, the SA Health Products Regulatory Authority, a public entity few people knew about until Covid. | via Bhekisisa_MG
Semete-Makokotlela’s handling of things wasn’t unexpected.
Political unrest in the late 1980s led to repeated school shutdowns and stayaways, compelling Semete-Makokotlela’s parents to place their three children in suburban schools nearer central Joburg. Leaving for school at dawn and arriving home at dusk became the norm, and with her sports bag in hand and wearing her Northview High blazer, Tumi’s alienation intensified.
Semete-Makokotlela’s focus is legendary among those who know her. “Unparalleled”, is how Olckers describes it. The mention of her master’s and doctoral thesis supervisor elicits a grin from Tumi. Olckers has a photo from Tumi’s graduation ceremony, where she stands alongside fellow students Marco Alessandrini, now the chief technical officer of a biosciences company in Switzerland, and Wayne Towers, who chairs the ethics committee at North-West University.
Semete-Makokotlela returned to SA in 2011 mindful of something Olckers used to repeat: that most students will always be followers, only a few have what it takes to lead.
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