Sir Ketumile Quett Joni Masire was born on 23 July 1925 in Kanye, Beuchanaland (now Botswana). 23 July, 2025, marks his centennial birthday. In commemorating this great milestone we pay tribute to one of the founders of Botswana and framers of its constitution. He was the principal architect of its economic development as minister of…
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1958 was a very significant year. That was the year Masire married Gladys Olebile Molefi on January 2. Born in Modimola near Mafikeng, after graduating from Tiger Kloof, she became a teacher at Mafikeng and later Kanye. A woman of substance, she was God fearing, kind, humble, compassionate, and hardworking; who years later as First…
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After 37 years in public life president Masire retired in 1998. In those years Botswana’s circumstances had changed significantly from what the economic experts foresaw.??From 1966 to 1998 Botswana achieved the world’s highest annual economic growth rate of any country in the world. In the words of president Masire, “We built and sustained a multi-party…
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As we celebrate his centennial birthday we remember Sir Ketumile Masire with immense joy and pride as a man who was positively animated with life. He reflected as St Irenaeus said ‘the glory of God in humanity fully alive.’ We remember his sterling leadership ingrained in his love of God and humanity. We remember “a…
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