Staff Profiles

Mrs. Pinky Merafhe

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Information Technology

Senior Technician

Location: 247/178
Phone: 3554471
Email Mrs. Pinky Merafhe

Mrs. Felicitus Merementsi

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Personal Assistant

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Ms. Kefilwe Metseyabangwe

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Teaching Assistant

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Mrs. Kgomotso G. Mfetane

Mrs. Eunice Mfolwe

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Internal Audit

Internal Auditor

Location: Block 108, Office 036
Phone: +267 355 5263
Email Mrs. Eunice Mfolwe

Association of Accounting Technician (AAT)

Association of Chartered Certified Accountants (ACCA)

Master`s in Business Administration (MBA)

Eunice Mfolwe is a self-driven, decisive and professionally qualified Accountant with over twenty (20) years’ experience in both audit and finance field. Her experience covers external and internal auditing, management accounting, financial accounting, stock accounting, tax accounting, asset and revenue accounting. 

Mr. Adam Master Mfundisi

BA (PUBLIC ADMINISTRATION), UNIVERSITY OF BOTSWANA

MA (Econ) DEVELOPMENT ADMINISTRATION (UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER)

Adam Mfundisi is a Lecturer with the  Department of Political & Administrative Studies of the University of Botswana. In this role, Adam Mfundisi teaches Public Administration and Management which includes Introduction to Public Administration, Public Policy Analysis, Human Resources Management and Research Methods in Public Administration. Adam Mfundisi is a qualified Lecturer in Public Administration and Management and holds an MA (Econ) in Development Administration and Management from the Victorian University of Manchester, UK. Prior to joining the University of Botswana, Adam Mfundisi spent three (3) as an instructor/lecturer at the then Botswana Institute of Administration & Commerce (BIAC). In this role, Adam Mfundisi was responsible for training of public servants in Public Administration and Management. 

Introduction to Public Administration (PA)

Research methods

Institutions and Processes in PA

Public Policy Analysis

Public Enterprise Management

Human Resource Management

Human Resource Development

Organization Development

Local Government Management

Public Policy Analysis

Central Government Administration

Public Enterprise management

Political Parties and Democracy

Local Governance

Elections

 

Obasi, I.N., Mfundisi, A. & Motshegwa, B. (2007). "The Globalization and the Survival of the Urban Informal sector in Botswana", African Development,

Mfundisi, A. (2007). Local Government in Botswana: 1966 - 2006), in: Mgadla, P. & Mokopakgosi, B. (2006). Forty Years: Essays in Celebrations of Botswana's Forty Years of Independence. (DIS: Gaborone)

Mfundisi, A. (2006). "Civic Participation and Voter Patterns in Botswana", Journal of African Elections, 5(2): 81-98

Dr. Kelebogile (B) Mfundisi

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Okavango Research Institute

Research Scholar in Physical Geography

Location: 06
Phone: +267 6861833
Email Dr. Kelebogile (B) Mfundisi

PhD Natural Sciences [Geography], Bonn University, Germany

MS Environmental Science [Environmental Systems], USA 

GIS Professional, USA

Bsc II Environmental Science, Biological Sciences, UB

BSc I Biological Sciences, Chemistry, Computer Science, Environmental Sciences, Physics, Pure Mathematics

Scientific Research Methods

Ongoing Research Projects

1. GMES & Africa Project (Co-PI)

2. ORD Multidisciplinary Flood Mapping Project (PI)

3. DLR Science Data Project (Co-investigator)

4. Carbon Sequestration and Clean Cookstoves  Project(Self-funded)

5. Science Club Project: Mogolokwane Primary School, Phuduhudu

6. Assessing the Vulnerability of Sitatunga (Tragelaphus spekei) to Climate Variability in the Northern Botswana Wetlands (Self-funded)

1. Mfundisi K.B. (2019) Spatiotemporal Analysis of Sitatunga (Tragelaphus Spekei) Population’s Response to Flood Variability in Northern Botswana Wetlands: Implications for Climate Change Mitigation. In: Wade S. (eds) Earth Observations and Geospatial Science in Service of Sustainable Development Goals. Southern Space Studies. Springer, Cham. DOI https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-16016-6_10

2. KB Mfundisi, O Petros (2015) A Comparative Assessment of Soil Fertility on Flood Recession (Molapo) and Dryland Farms: The Case of Xhobe Settlement in the Okavango Delta World Heritage.Botswana Notes and Records. DOI https://www.jstor.org/stable/pdf/90024315.pdf

3. KB Mfundisi, R Thobosi, B Mosepele (2008) A Rapid Assessment of Macroinvertebrates Associated with Salvinia molesta In Moremi Game Reserve, Okavango Delta https://doi.org/10.4314/tfb.v17i1.20914.

Prof. Part Themba Mgadla

Mgadla

Faculty of Humanities

History

Associate Professor

Location: Block 239 office 223
Phone: 355 5052
Email Prof. Part Themba Mgadla

Advanced Teachers Certificate, Teachers Training College, Francistown BA+CCE University of Botswana MA History, Boston University Ph.D. Boston Uniververity

Prof Mgadla was born in in Moroka Village in the North East District of Botswana. He atteneded primary school in Moroka Village and proceeded for seconndary education at Gaborone Secondary. He then proceeded to do Techears Training in Francistown after which he went to University of Botswana where he obtained a B.A degree majoring in History concurrently with a teaching certificate in EDucation. Prof Mgadla then got a scholarship to study African History in Boston USA where he obtained an MA degree and a PhD. in hstory respectively. Currently Prof Mgadla teaches History in the History Department, Faculty of Humanities.

I teach Botswana, Sothern, and Central African history.

Mission, Educational, Political and Admnistrative History, as well as Southern African Liberation History

I can, and have, supervised both unergraduate students in the reseach areas above. Currently am supervising an PhD International student enrolled with the History Department, University of Botswana

1. P.T. Mgadla, A History of Education in the Bechuanaland Protectorate, (Lanham: American University Press,2004 2. P.T. Mgadla and B.T. Mokopakgosi, Essays on the 40th Independence Anniversary of Botswana. (Gaborone: Department of Information Broadcasting Services2008 3. P.T. Mgadla S. Volz, Words of the Batswana. (Cape Town: Van Rebieck Society, 2006) 4. J. Ramsay, B. Morton and P.T. Mgadla, History of Botswana to 1900. Longman 1998

Mr. Simeon Mhiti

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Assistant Supervisor

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Prof. Mavis Bashingie Mhlauli

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Faculty of Education

Primary Education

Associate Professor / HoD - Primary Education

Location: 216/1
Phone: +2673555090
Email Prof. Mavis Bashingie Mhlauli

Ph.D. Social Studies and Global Education, The Ohio State University, Columbus: Ohio, USA.

M.Ed. Social Studies Education, University of Botswana.

B. Ed (Primary), University of Botswana.

Prof. Mavis B. Mhlauli is an Associate Professor in the Department of Primary Education. She specializes in Social Studies and Global Education. She teaches both undergraduate and graduate courses. Her research interest are in Global Education, Social Studies Education, Global Citizenship and Post Colonial Scholarship.

Social Studies Education

Global Education

Global Citizenship Education

Primary Education

Multicultural Education

Global Education

Citizenship Education

Social Studies Education

Post Colonial Scholarship

Teaching and Learning Methods

Curriculum Development

Multicultural Education

 

Social Studies Education

Multicultural Education

Early Childhood Education

Teaching and Learning Methods

Primary Education

Mhlauli, M.B., Kgosidialwa, K. & Muchado, J. A. (2018). Teacher Education in Botswana. In K.G. Karras & C.C. Wolhuter (eds). International Handbook on Teacher Education Worldwide 2nd Ed, Volume 1, pp.160-178.

Mhlauli, M.B. (2013). Teaching world mindedness in social studies classrooms in primary schools in Botswana: Reality or Illusion? International Research in Education, 2(1), 51-72.

Mhlauli, M.B. (2012). The Paradox of Teaching Citizenship Education in Botswana Primary Schools. European Journal of Educational Research, 1(2), 85-105.

Mhlauli, M.B. (2012). The role of education on citizenship development in Africa. British Journal of Arts & Social Sciences, 4(1), 104-115. 

Mhlauli, M.B.,Vosburg-Bluem & Merryfield, M.M. (2010). Natural disasters in the lives of women living in poverty in Southern Africa. In V.Ooka-Pang, W.R. Fernekes & J.L. Nelson (Eds.), The human impact of natural disasters: Issues for the inquiry-based classroom, pp. 57-63.

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