31/10/2025
🕊️❤️A Legacy of Warmth: Remembering Teboho "Rodger" Mokoena
Thursday, 30 October dawned heavy in Bethlehem. The Department of Sports and Recreation from Dihlabeng Municipality, Dihlabeng Municipality employees, Family and Friends gathered to say goodbye to Teboho "Rodger" Mokoena, a man whose absence would echo long after his smile faded. As colleagues, friends, and family filled the hall, memories swirled like the scent of his legendary _potjie kos_—rich, hearty, and impossible to forget.
Tito Kotope recalled Rodger’s work ethic: a sports clerk who led by example, infusing every task with warmth. Lehlohono Mokoena chuckled through tears, “He’d fix a tournament _and_ win the cook-off. His daughter was his universe.” Thokozile from Payroll spoke softer: “We lose too many. We need prayers.” Ntombikayise Mdakane smiled wistfully, “He was my IT wizard—but food and family came first.”
Speakers painted a mosaic: Rodger, immaculate in style, generous in spirit, crushed by grief only his love for his daughter could rival. Psalm 34:18 whispered through the room: _“The Lord is close to the brokenhearted…”_
As the last hymn faded, a silence fell. No one forgot the man who left too soon. They vowed to carry his kindness forward. _Rest in peace, Rodger._ The heartbeat of his legacy lingers.🕊️🕊️
Photos by Dihlabeng Local Municipality Marketing Team.