David N. Magang (born 1938) is a
Botswana
Botswana, officially the Republic of Botswana, is a landlocked country in Southern Africa. Botswana is topographically flat, with approximately 70 percent of its territory part of the Kalahari Desert. It is bordered by South Africa to the sou ...
lawyer, businessman and politician. Trained at the
University of London
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, he was the first Botswana native to open a private law practice in the nation. A member of the ruling
Botswana Democratic Party
The Botswana Democratic Party (Abbreviation, abbr. BDP, colloquially known as Domkrag) is a centre-right politics, centre-right political party in Botswana. From the country's 1965 Bechuanaland general election, inaugural election in 1965 until th ...
Magang was Member of Parliament for Kweneng East/
Lentsweletau
Lentsweletau is a village in Kweneng District of Botswana. It is located 60 km north of Gaborone. The population was 4,916 in 2011 census. A large percentage of the population is from the Bakwena tribe, and its capital is called Molepolole
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Constituency from 1979 to 2002.
Magang was also Governor of the
African Development Bank
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from 1989 to 1992. After leaving government Magang became a successful property developer, creating the upper class
Gaborone
Gaborone ( , , ) is the Capital city, capital and List of cities in Botswana, largest city of Botswana, with a population of 246,325 based on the 2022 census, about 10% of the total population of Botswana. Its metropolitan area is home to 534, ...
suburb of
Phakalane. He wrote a successful and controversial 2008 autobiography ''The Magic of Perseverance''.
In 2012, American journalist, Peter Musurlian of Globalist Films, completed an Emmy-winning documentary on Botswana, which he shot in December 2002. David Magang was instrumental in many of the shoots in Botswana and he was featured throughout the film, which aired in Burbank, California and is available on YouTube.
Rankings
He held a number of high-ranking ministry portfolios under presidents
Quett Masire
Ketumile Quett Joni Masire, GCMG (23 July 1925 – 22 June 2017), was the second and longest-serving president of Botswana, in office from 1980 to 1998. He was given an honorary knighthood of the Grand Cross of Saint Michael and Saint Geor ...
and
Festus Mogae
Festus Gontebanye Mogae (born 21 August 1939) is a Motswana politician and economist who served as the third President of Botswana from 1998 to 2008. He succeeded Quett Masire as President in 1998 and was re-elected in October 2004. After ten ...
, including Minister of Mineral Resources and Water Affairs (1994–97) and Minister of Works, Transport & Communications (1992–94, 1998–2001).
Education
Trained at the University of London.
Family life
David Magang married his wife,Dorcas in 20 December 1969 and together have three children,two sons and one daughter.The First born being Lesang,then Thola and lastly Bonang.
Achievements
After leaving government Magang became a successful property developer, creating the upper class Gaborone suburb of Phakalane. He wrote a successful and controversial 2008 autobiography The Magic of Perseverance.
References
* Fred Morton, Jeff Ramsay, Themba Mgadla. Historical dictionary of Botswana. 4th Edition. Scarecrow Press: 2008. p.204.
*David Magang. The magic of perseverance: the autobiography of David Magang. Issue 51 of CASAS book series: 2008.
* "Burbank's African Sister City" https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GT_is8mFDOs
* www.globalistfilms.com
1938 births
Living people
Members of the National Assembly (Botswana)
Alumni of the University of London
Botswana Democratic Party politicians
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