David Magang

David N. Magang
Personal details
Bornc. 1938 (age 82–83)
Botswana
NationalityMotswana
ResidenceGaborone
Alma materUniversity of London
Professionlawyer, businessman and politician.

Biography

Early life

David N. Magang (born 1938) is a Botswana lawyer, businessman and politician. Trained at the University of London, he was the first Botswana native to open a private law practice in the nation.[1] A member of the ruling Botswana Democratic Party Magang was Member of Parliament for Kweneng East/Lentsweletau Constituency from 1979 to 2002.

Magang was also Governor of the African Development Bank from 1989 to 1992. After leaving government Magang became a successful property developer, creating the upper class Gaborone suburb of Phakalane.[2] He wrote a successful and controversial 2008 autobiography The Magic of Perseverance.[3][4][5] 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 and Festus Mogae, including Minister of Mineral Resources and Water Affairs (1994–97) and Minister of Works, Transport & Communications (1992–94, 1998–2001).

Alma Mater

. Trained at the University of London

Achievements

After leaving government Magang became a successful property developer, creating the upper class Gaborone suburb of Phakalane.[2] He wrote a successful and controversial 2008 autobiography The Magic of Perseverance.[3][4][5]

References
  1. Biography:Launch of The Magic of Perserverance (sic). Phakalane ltd. website. Retrieved 12 February 2010.
  2. Botswana: Magang Transforms Virgin Land Into a Paradise. Mmegi/The Reporter (Gaborone), Lekopanye Mooketsi. 15 April 2009.
  3. A Review of David Magang’s “MAGIC OF PERSEVERANCE”. Christian John Makgala, Sunday Standard. 18 January 2009.
  4. Did De Beers cheat Botswana? – The Masire Factor Archived 11 April 2010 at the Wayback Machine. Sunday Standard. 18 January 2010.
  5. Botswana: Magang's 'Unputdownable' Memoirs. Mmegi/The Reporter (Gaborone). 11 July 2008
  • Fred Morton, Jeff Ramsay, Themba Mgadla. Historical dictionary of Botswana. 4th Edition. Scarecrow Press: 2008. ISBN 978-0-8108-5467-3 p. 204.
  • David Magang. The magic of perseverance: the autobiography of David Magang. Issue 51 of CASAS book series: 2008. ISBN 978-1-920287-70-2
  • "Burbank's African Sister City" https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GT_is8mFDOs
  • www.globalistfilms.com


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