GLOBAL AFRICAN BRAND AND REPUTATION
ARCHITECT, ADVISOR AND AUTHOR

Thebeetsile Ikalafeng is the eldest son of Mirriam Finger, nee Ikalafeng, a career nurse, the daughter of Frans Mediole Ikalafeng and Regina Dikalabua Ikalafeng, nee Jabari. Mediole (1914 - 1996) of Bakwena heritage, was born and raised in Molepolole, Botswana, and emigrated to South Africa in 1933. Dikalabua (1919 - 1992) of Batlhaping heritage, was born and raised in Taung, North West, South Africa. The first grandchild of Mediole and Dikalabua, he was named Thebeetsile, which in Setswana means, the Shield (Thebe) has arrived (-etsile), anointing him as the one to protect and enhance the Ikalafeng for future generations. He has two sisters, Dr. Keromamang Bridget Ikalafeng and Galebotse Regina Finger and a brother, Montshiwa Kgosiemang Herbert Finger....