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Ministry Of Defence And Security (Botswana)
The Ministry of Defence and Security of Botswana aims to provide safety, protection and promote human rights and rule of law via the implementation of pertinent policies and programming in order to achieve peace and tranquility. The ministry oversees the following departments: * Botswana Defence Force * Botswana Prison Service * Attorney General's Chambers * Botswana Police Service List of ministers Ministry of Defence, Justice and Security (Botswana) Ministry of Defence, Justice and Security * Dikgakgamatso Ndelu Seretse (2008–2010) * Lesego Motsumi* (2010–2011) *Dikgakgamatso Ndelu Seretse (2012–2014) * Shaw Kgathi (2014–2019) * Kagiso Mmusi (2019–2022) *She is identified as the Acting Minister of Defence, Justice and Security in various sources. Ministry of Defence and Security * Kagiso Mmusi (2022–) See also * Politics of Botswana * Government of Botswana * Ministry of defence * List of current defence ministers * List of female defence minist ...
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Government Of Botswana
The Government of Botswana often abbreviated as GOB, is the union government created by the constitution of Botswana having the executive, parliament, and the judiciary. The Seat of the Government is located in Gaborone, Botswana. The government is led by the President of Botswana, president. Executive This section defines the executive branch including the President, Vice President, and Cabinet. The President The President is the chief executive of the state. The President is elected president by members of the National Assembly. These members state on the ballot who they would support for President if elected, and after election to the National Assembly vote for whomever they indicated they would elect as President. The President has the following requirements: (a) is a citizen of Botswana by birth or descent; (b) has attained the age of 30 years; and (c) is qualified to be elected as a Member of the National Assembly. The President's term is limited up to 10 years, or h ...
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Kagiso Mmusi
Thomas Kagiso Mmusi (born 25 October 1965) is a Botswana politician and businessman that has served as the Minister of Defence and Security since 2022. Prior to this, he was the Minister of Defence, Justice and Security from 2019 to 2022. He is the son of Peter Mmusi, Vice President of Botswana from 1983 to 1992. Career Mmusi attended the Management Development Programme at the University of Cape Town Business School, and he founded the holding company Pula Holdings. He was asked to stand for Parliament following the death of his father in 1994, but he declined to pursue business. In 2008, he served on the Botswana Democratic Party finance committee, and he was chosen as the party's deputy treasurer. In the 2019 general election, Mmusi was elected as MP for Gabane-Mmankgodi with 12,204 votes out of 19,209 votes cast. After his election, Mmusi was chosen as Minister of Defence, Justice and Security in the cabinet of President Mokgweetsi Masisi. While speaking at a poli ...
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Botswana Defence Force
The Botswana Defence Force (BDF, ) is the military of Botswana. The main component of the BDF is the Botswana Ground Force; there is also an air wing and a riverine patrol contingent attached to the ground forces, with 10 Panther airboats and 2 Boston Whaler Raider class. History At independence in 1966, Botswana made a decision to not establish a standing military and focus instead on development and poverty alleviation, and instead created a small military police force for internal security, However, cross-border incursions by Rhodesian and South African security forces in the mid-1970s led the government to conclude that the country needed a military to protect its sovereignty. The BDF was established by an act of parliament on 15 April 1977.https://oldsite.issafrica.org/uploads/OURSELVESKENOSI.PDF The BDF conducted patrols along the border with Rhodesia in the closing years of the Rhodesian Bush War. Following the end of the war and the independence of Zimbabwe in 19 ...
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Botswana Police Service
The Botswana Police Service is the police service of Botswana and it is a part of Ministry of Defence and Security (Botswana), Ministry of Defence, Justice and Security. The force has 9,500 police officers. History Colonial era The service has its origins in the ''Bechuanaland Mounted Police'', which was formed on 1 July 1884. The ''Bechuanaland Border Police'' were formed on 4 Aug 1885. In October 1889 a royal charter established the British South Africa Company's Police, which absorbed part of the BBP. During the 1890s the various police forces in the area went through a number of name changes until BSAP No.1 (Bechuanaland) Division ceased to exist, becoming the Bechuanaland Protectorate Police. This force recruited few Bechuanaland natives, instead it mostly recruited black constables in Basutoland (modern Lesotho), Rhodesia (modern Zimbabwe) and Zambia. Post-Independence In 1965 following the independence of Botswana the ''Botswana Police Force'', was formed and in 1971 the ...
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Lesego Motsumi
Lesego Ethel Motsumi (1955/56 – 9 January 2023) was a Botswanan politician. She was elected to the National Assembly of Botswana, National Assembly in 1999. She became Assistant Ministry of Labour and Home Affairs (Botswana), Minister of Labour and Home Affairs from 2002 to 2003. She then became Ministry of Health (Botswana), Minister of Health until November 2004, when she became the Ministry of Transport and Communications (Botswana), Minister of Works and Transport. In the 2008 cabinet reshuffle, held upon the appointment of then president Ian Khama, Motsumi reverted to her old post as Minister of Health, serving until 2009. She served as Ministry for Presidential Affairs Governance and Public Administration, Minister of Presidential Affairs Governance and Public Administration from 2009 to 2011, also serving as acting Ministry of Defence and Security (Botswana), Minister of Defence and Security from 2010 to 2011. From 2011 to 2019, she served as Botswana's Botswana–India re ...
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