Staff Profiles

BA, PGDE (University of Botswana), MA & PhD (Hiroshima University). 

Boga Thura Manatsha hails from Masunga village in the North East District. He is currently a Senior Lecturer in History at the University of Botswana (UB). Manatsha obtained his BA in History and English from UB in 2004 and a Post-Graduate Diploma in Education (PGDE) in 2005 at the same institution. Manatsha also holds MA (2008) and PhD (2011), Division of Cultural and Regional/Asian Studies, Hiroshima University, Japan.

Manatsha teaches Civilisation and Modernisation in China and Japan; Colonialism and Independence in South Asia; Ancient and Imperial China; Modern History of China; Introduction to Botswana History; and Administrative History. He sometimes teaches Introduction to International Relations, Foreign Policy and Diplomacy, and The 20th Century Super Powers.

Manatsha’s research primarily focuses on the land question in Botswana; land policy; land conflicts; land law; traditional authorities and their role in land administration. He also researches and publishes on Botswana’s diplomatic/foreign relations with other countries, especially East Asian (Japan, China, South Korea and North Korea). His latest articles focus on Japan-Africa relations and Japan’s resource diplomacy in Southern Africa.

Land related topics; Botswana's foreign policy/diplomatic relations.

Manatsha, BT (2020). "Reflections on the Acquisition of Land by Non-citizens in Botswana". Journal of Land and Rural Studies, 8(2), pp. 185-204.

Manatsha, B.T. (2019). “Chiefs and the Politics of Land Reform in the North East District, Botswana.” Journal of Asian and African Studies, 55(1), pp. 222-237.

Manatsha, B.T. (2019). “Reflections on Botswana’s Tribal Land Act No.1 of 2018.” African Journal of Land Policy and Geospatial Sciences, 2 (3), pp. 73-84.

Manatsha, B.T. (2019). “Historicising Japan-Africa Relations.” Pula: Botswana Journal of African Studies 33 (1), pp. 1-14.

Manatsha, B.T. & G.B. Sello. (2018). “Botswana-South Korea Relations Under President Ian Khama’s Presidency: 2014-2018.” BOLESWA Journal of Theology, Religion and Philosophy, 5 (1), pp. 188-206.

Manatsha, B.T. (2018). “Japan’s Resource and Energy Diplomacy in Southern Africa: Botswana as a Conduit.” Botswana Journal of Business, 11 (1), pp. 1-16.

PhD-Public Admin/Development Mgt-Royal Holloway University of London 2006.

MA in Development Studies-Public Policy Admin, The Institute of Social Studies, The Hague, 2000.

BSc-Hons Politics and Admin University of Zimbabwe, Diploma in Loc Govt

David is a Senior Lecturer at the University of Botswana from 2008. He is also the Coordinator for the Masters in Public Administration.  He has taught at a number of Universities in the United Kingdom and South Africa. He also worked in Local authorities in Zimbabwe for more than a decade holding various positions up to Chief Executive Officer level.

His most direct research interests centre around local government; public policy analysis, migration and development; food security, women’s involvement in politics especially at local government level. In 2010, he was awarded a grant by the Office of Research and Development (University of Botswana). This grant enabled him to consolidate and elaborate his interest in women in politics and the inherent contestations in governance.

David has engages in theoretical debates and attaches fundamental importance to 'grounding' the theories in real-world conditions. David also maintains active links beyond academe, through periodic consultancies for, and other interactions with, NGOs, international agencies and government departments. For instance, he served as an election observer, serves as an editorial board member of the PULA Journal and Commonwealth Local Government Forum E-Journal.

Postgraduate courses

Research, Policy and Public Interface, International Organisations, Aid and Debt Management, Global context of Public Policy,Theories of International Relations, Local Government,Development Planning, Globalization,Intergovernmental Relations.

Undergraduate courses

Research Methods, The State and Society, Politics of Poverty,Public Policy Analysis,Leadership and Governance,Political Science,Politics and development

Governance in general;

Local government;

Public Administration; Public Policy Analysis

Participation and empowerment,

Capacity building; food security

Gender and politics;

Migration and development; 

Rural and urban development and the inherent contestations 

3 PhDs completed - implementing good governance in Tanzania local government authorities; Explaining political violence in Nigeria and Gender Representation in Administrative Leadership Positions 

Over 10 Masters students completed on migration; gender/political representation, local participation in development

Mandiyanike, D. (forthcoming) THE MARGINALISED MAJORITY – THE CASE OF BATSWANA WOMEN IN LOC GOVT 1999-2019 in Political Transition in Southern Africa: Democratic Consolidation or Change of Façade?

Mandiyanike, D and Musekiwa, N (2015) The role of the diaspora in the success of Zim Asset in Chirisa, I (ed) Towards an Empowered Society and a Growing Economy’? Interrogating the Case of the ZIMASSET Economic Blue-print. UZ 

Musekiwa, N. and Mandiyanike, D. (2018) Public Sector Reforms during a crisis period: The case of Rural Local Authorities capacity building in Zimbabwe. African Journal of Public Admin and Management, Volume XXV no.2

Mandiyanike, D. (2019) Elite Circulation: The Case of Botswana and Zimbabwe, The 4th Annual International Conference on Public Admin & Development Alternatives; Johannesburg, SA

Mandiyanike, D, et al (2017) In search of a citizen participation and stakeholder engagement framework for Zim LAs, JPADA

BA (Economics)

MA (Economics)

PhD (Economics)

• Macroeconomics
• Microeconomics
• International Economics
• Monetary Economics
• Environmental and Natural Resources Economics

• Macroeconomics
• International Finance
• Monetary Economics
• Climate Change Economics

• Macroeconomics
• International Economics
• Monetary Economics

• Mangadi, K. (2018), Commodity Price Shocks, Inflation and Output Growth in Botswana. Asian-African Journal of Economics and Econometrics, Vol. 18, No.2, pp 225-233
• Juana J.S., Mangadi K.T and K.M. Strzepek (2012) “The Socio-Economic Consequences of the Impact of Climate Change on Water Resources in South Africa.” Water International, Vol. 37, No. 3 May 2012, pp. 266-279.

• Okurut F.N, Yinusa D.O. and Mangadi K.T. (2011) “Credit Rationing and SME Development in Botswana: Implications for Diversification.” Botswana Journal of Economics, Vol 8, Issue 12, 2011 pp. 58-80.

• Mangadi K.T, Okurut F.N. and Yinusa D.O. (2011), “Are World Commodity Prices Relevant in Predicting Inflation in Botswana?” African Finance Journal, Vol 13, Conference issue, 2011 pp. 53-70.

PhD:  Special Education

Maters Degree Special/Inclusive Education

BA  Humanities

Post Graduate Diploma In Education

I am a trained special /inclusive education specialist, specializing on inclusive education and Intellectual Disabilities. I have more than ten years of teaching and research experience on issues of inclusive education for learners with disabilities. My research interest is in special needs education, inclusive education and disabilities, particularly intellectual disabilities. I have focused mainly on the evaluation of the inclusive education programs for learners with disabilities with particular reference to the implementation processes and their effects on children with disabilities.  My research work is mainly aligned to the investigation of the implementation processes and effectiveness of this new strategy in the context of Botswana and I do this by studying the teacher competencies, practices, experiences, attitudes and concerns at different levels of operation, be it school or classroom levels. I have published about sixteen(16) papers in peer reviewed journals to date.  I am a research supervisor to both undergraduate and graduate students. I was a principal investigator in the evaluation of the Pastoral and Guidance and Counseling Policies for the Ministry of Basic Education.I have worked as a Board advisor in a USAID project; Preventing violence against women and girls with disabilities in Botswana. Currently working on an NIH Project as one of the investigators.

My teaching Areas include; Inclusive Education, Intellectual Disabilities (multiple disabilities, Autism Spectrum) and other disabilities or special needs areas in  generic courses.

Areas of research include, Inclusive Education and intellectual disabilities, various special needs/disability areas and  Health Related disorders like HIV/AIDES.

I supervise students on areas  dealing with social justice for the disadvantaged groups of people  such as  disabilities/special needs, gender, and Inclusive Education.

1. Mangope, B., Kuyini, A. B., & Major, T.E. (2020). Experiences of general secondary education teachers in inclusive classrooms:Implications for sustaining inclusive education in Botswana. International Journal of Whole Schooling, 16(1), 1-34.
2. Mukhopadhyay, S., Mangope, B.,  & Moorad, F.  (2018).  Voices of the voiceless: Inclusion of learners with special education needs in Botswana primary schools, Journal of Exceptionality, DOI: 10.1080/09362835.2018.1470446
3. Mangope, B., Otukile-Mongwaketse, M., Dinama, B., & Kuyini, A. B. (2018). Teaching practice experiences in inclusive classrooms: The voices of University of Botswana special education student teachers. International Journal of Whole Schooling, 14(1), 57-92.
4. Mangope, B. (2017). Inclusive practices for learners with intellectual disabilities in primary schools in Botswana: what are teachers doing to enhance inclusion? Mosenodi Journal, 20(1), 32-47.