David Magang

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David N. Magang

Personal details

Born c. 1938 (age 83–84)

Botswana

Nationality Motswana

Residence Gaborone

Alma mater University of London

Profession lawyer, businessman and politician.

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. [citation needed] 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.
[external link needed]

Contents

 1Rankings
 2Education
 3Achievements
  4References

Rankings[edit]
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).
[citation needed]

Education[edit]
Trained at the University of London. [citation needed]

Achievements[edit]
After leaving government Magang became a successful property developer, creating
the upper class Gaborone suburb of Phakalane. [citation needed] He wrote a successful and
controversial 2008 autobiography The Magic of Perseverance. [citation needed]

References[edit]
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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