Winner – Maskew Miller Longman 2007 Literature Awards. Mokgalabje Phaka o be a ehlwa a kgalema Mmagauta ka maitshwaro a gagwe a mabe. Ekwa gore o reng ge a botsa morwedi'agwe: "Mmagauta na o tla gola neng ka go re o eta o hlohletsa malapa a banna ba naga ye ka moka?. Winner – Maskew Miller Longman 2007 Literature Awards. Mokgalabje Phaka o be a ehlwa a kgalema Mmagauta ka maitshwaro a gagwe a mabe. Ekwa gore o reng ge a botsa morwedi'agwe: "Mmagauta na o tla gola neng ka go re o eta o hlohletsa malapa a banna ba naga ye ka moka? A kere o nyaka boiketlo? O ikgethela banna ba bakaone? O ntheeletse gabotse. Tseba gore mepipi ka moka e a na." Mepipi ka moka e a na ke padi yeo e gogago kgahlego ya mmadi ka ditiragalo tseo re kopanago le tsona mehleng yeno. Mogologolo o opile kgomo lenaka ge a re: 'motshabapula o tshabela matlorotlorong'. Kanegelo ya go tsea maikutlo ya Aletta Motimele, mongwadi wa maitemogelo wa dingwalwa, dikanegelo tsa bana le dipapadi tsa seyalemoya. Ke mofenyi wa difoka tse ntsi tsa dingwalwa. "Dikagare tsa padi ye di a kgahlisa ebile di hlagisa phapano magareng

sekgale le sebjalebjale, phapano magareng ga dinagamagae le metsesetoropo, bohlokwa bja bofsa le dilo tsa sekgale. E hlohleletsa kgotlelelano magareng ga ditlwaelo tsa setso le tsa selehono." Ngaka J.R Rammala, moahlodi wa MML Literature Awards Padi ye e fihlelela dinyakwa tsa kharikhulamo ye mpsha This is a gripping story by well-known author Aletta Motimele. Phaka, Mmagauta's father, warned his daughter about her lack of self-control in terms of searching for the right partner. Unfortunately it seems that Mmagauta is doomed to lose every man she meets.