What is Michael Dingake?
'''Michael Kitso Dingake''' (born 11 February 1928, [[Bobonong]], died 7 April 2024) was a [[Botswana]] political activist and writer.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.thepresidency.gov.za/pebble.asp?relid=1604 |title=Michael Kitson Dingake (1928-) |access-date=2014-10-26 |archive-date=2011-09-29 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110929182313/http://www.thepresidency.gov.za/pebble.asp?relid=1604 |url-status=dead }}</ref> In 1966 he was sentenced to 15 years on [[Robben Island]]. He was released in 1981. He worked at the [[University of Botswana]]. In 1992 he entered national politics, becoming vice-president of the [[Botswana National Front]] in 1993 and entering the [[National Assembly of Botswana|National Assembly]] as MP for [[Gaborone]] Central in 1994. In 1998 he led the breakaway [[Botswana Congress Party]], but lost his seat to [[Margaret Nasha]] of the [[Botswana Democratic Party]] in 1999. He retired from politics in 2004. Since then, he became a weekly columnist for the newspaper ''[[Mmegi]]''.<ref>{{cite book|first=Fred|last=Morton|first2=Jeff|last2=Ramsay|first3=Part Themba|last3=Mgadla|title=Historical Dictionary of Botswana|series=African Historical Dictionaries|volume=108|location=Metuchen, New Jersey|publisher=Scarecrow Press|edition=4th|year=2008|isbn=978-0-8108-5467-3|contribution=Dingake, Michael Kitso (1928-)|pages=92–3}}</ref> Dingake died on 7 April 2024, at the age of 96.<ref>{{cite news |title=Michael Kitso Dingake laid to rest |url=https://www.mmegi.bw/news/michael-kitso-dingake-laid-to-rest/news |access-date=15 April 2024 |publisher=Mmegi Online |date=14 April 2024}}</ref> ==References== {{reflist}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Dingake, Michael}} [[Category:1928 births]] [[Category:2024 deaths]] [[Category:Botswana people]] [[Category:African writers]] {{bio-stub}}