Ngesikhatsi Mmakgabo asakhula, gogo wakhe wamfundzisa imisebenti yetandla leminyenti.Mmakgabo wafundza indlela yekusebentisa lubumba kute ente imihlobiso yaseludvongeni, kanye nendlela yekupenda siyilo usebentisa bulongo betinkhomo. Wafundza nekwenta tindziwo kanye nebuhlalu.

Gogo Metato waphindze wafundzisa Mmakgabo kunitha, kutfunga, kanye nekuhlobisa ngendvwangu.Mmakgabo bekatalwa emndenini lophuyile, lokwabangela kutsi ayosebenta aneminyaka le-16. Watfutsela eGoli wase ucala kusebenta njengesisebenti sasendlini.

Ngalelinye lilanga, Mmakgabo wacala kuba nenshisekelo emsebentini webuciko lebewentiwe ngumcashi wakhe. Wamtsengela bopende bekucala labengakaze wabasebentisa.Wachubeka nekutipendela yena.Umcashi wakhe wamangala ngelikhono lakhe wase umkhutsata kutsi ayokwenta tifundvo tebuciko.

Mmakgabo wabona kutsi kudzingeka aye esikolweni lesifundzisa ngetebuciko.Wabhalisa esikolweni setebuciko eWhite Studio eSophiatown.Thishela wakhe bekangumdvwebi lobekabitwa ngekutsi nguKeonakeefe Mohl. Waba ngumeluleki nemsiti waMmakgabo.

Mmakgabo bekatsandza kudvweba ngetintfo letenteka eMarapyane, lapho akhulele khona.Bekadvweba bomake lababuya esikolweni sekusoka noma labalima emasimini.Wadvweba timo letitsintsa kuphila lokuvamile, ngendlela lokungiyo mbamba.

Mmakgabo wahlangana nemdvwebi lokutsiwa nguBill Ainslie, lowamkhutsata kutsi ente buciko lobungabonakali.Loku bekwehlukile ekudvwebeni lakutayele kwetimo tekuphila tasendzaweni yakubo.Mmakgabo wasebenta kamatima futsi watilolonga ngekudvweba nangekupenda.

Mmakgabo bekafundzisa buciko bantfwana baseKatlehong Arts Centre.Wacecesha nalabanye badvwebi labanyenti, ngesikhatsi lesifananako bekachubeka nekutfutfukisa indlela yakhe yekupenda kanye naletinye tintfo.Wakhangisa ngetitfombe takhe analabanye badvwebi futsi umsebenti wakhe watsengwa.

Umsebenti waMmakgabo ubonisa bumatima bemphilo yasemalokishini nasetindzaweni tasemakhaya eNingizimu Afrika.Ukhuluma ngetinkinga tenhlalo netepolitiki. Umsebenti wakhe ngesikhatsi selubandlululo bewubonisa kuhlupheka kwebantfu labamnyama.Lesinye setitfombe takhe lesidvume kakhulu sibitwa ngekutsiwa yi-‘Tears of Africa’ (1988).

Mmakgabo waba nembukiso webuciko wekucala wakhe yedvwa nga-1986.Waba ngumfati wekucala Lomnyama eNingizimu Afrika lowaba nembukiso wakhe webuciko.Lombukiso lowaba yimphumelelo bewuweluhlobo lolubitwa ngekutsi -buciko lobungabonakali betintfo letiphilako. Mmakgabo wabese watiwa ngaloluhlobo.

Mmakgabo waklonyeliswa ngeFulbright Scholarship kute ayofundza eMelika.Lomfundzate wamsita kutsi anake kakhulu kwenta buciko nekutfutfukisa umsebenti wakhe.Umsebenti webuciko waMmakgabo wakhonjiswa eYurophu, eNgilandi, kanye naseMelika.

Imidvwebo nemifanekiso yaMmakgabo iphanyekwe eminyuziyamu nasetindzaweni temagugu emhlabeni wonkhe.Uyahlonishwa kantsi futsi ungumdvwebi lotsintsa kuphila kwebantfu labanyenti.Ngenca yekufaka sandla kwakhe kutebuciko nasemisebentini yetandla eNingizimu Afrika, Mmakgabo waklonyeliswa ngePresidential Order of Ikhamanga nga-2004.

Mmakgabo ungufakazi wekutsi ungaba nguloko lofuna kuba ngiko.Kulalela gogo wakhe ngiko lokwamsita kwamenta waba nemphumelelo.Mmakgabo utsi, “Gogo wami, lowakhula waze waba neminyaka le-115, wangifundzisa yonkhe intfo lengiyatiko.”