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Zunaid Moti

Also known as: Mr Moti · Mr Zunaid Moti · Mr. Moti · Mr. Zunaid Moti

South African businessman financing the African Hero infrastructure initiative, which builds education and healthcare facilities in Botswana.

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  1. September 2026
  2. Daily News Botswana

    … On one hand, incentivising fans to pack the terraces, the tournament is set to create a self-sustaining ecosystem that would attract brands like African Hero, led by CEO Akash Singh and backed by businessman, Zunaid Moti, to invest deeper into the nation’s sporting infrastructure …

    African Hero injects P4m to revive Top 8
  3. Botswana Sunday Standard

    Sunday Standard Boko emerges as chair of Moti-linked African Hero President Duma Boko has emerged as the founding chairman of the controversial African Hero infrastructure initiative linked to businessman Zunaid Moti. …

    Boko emerges as chair of Moti-linked African Hero
  4. The Botswana Gazette

    The Manual Workers Union wants security, financial and planning records for Zunaid Moti’s school and clinic project, alongside clarity on whether the government will ultimately pay. …

    Union Demands Proof of Moti Vetting
  5. Weekend Post

    … Zunaid Moti, especially when it comes to building schools and clinics through the African Hero initiative. …

    Why Is Private Investment in Public Infrastructure Suddenly a Problem?
  6. Botswana Sunday Standard

    … Negotiations involving a company linked to South African businessman Zunaid Moti and sports marketing agency Thomas Hall Media are understood to have progressed significantly. …

    Big money, big battles in elite Top 8 Tournament
  7. The Botswana Gazette

    … GAZETTE REPORTER Pressure is mounting on Government to disclose the terms of its African Hero partnership with South African businessman Zunaid Moti, with organised labour demanding answers over public finances, ownership, jobs and future…

    Unions Demand Moti Deal Answers
  8. The Botswana Gazette

    … SESUPO RANTSIMAKO The Public Accounts Committee (PAC) is considering summoning Permanent Secretary in the Ministry of Finance Tshokologo Alex Kganetsano to explain how businessman Zunaid Moti’s investment proposal with…

    PAC Eyes Moti Deal Probe
  9. Daily News Botswana

    … African Hero founder and South African businessman, Mr Zunaid Moti explained that the Foundation constructed projects upfront, absorbing initial costs and allowing donors or governments to pay flexibly only after delivery. …

    Boko silences bureaucratic pushback with modern school
  10. Mmegi

    Established by businessman, Zunaid Moti and supported by private sector players such as Jindal Energy, the initiative is a public-benefit project with no government funding in which facilities are quickly built from preassembled material to high ratings standards.Moti is also fin …

    Boko launches grand vision for education, healthcare
  11. Daily News Botswana

    … South African businessman Zunaid Moti, who is behind the African Hero initiative, said the vision was born from a personal commitment he made in 2018 to give back to communities and improve people’s lives. …

    New school to enrol 380 learners

Monday 28 September

  1. Opinion: Multiparty politics requires substantial financial resources

    An Mmegi opinion piece argues that neither Zunaid Moti nor President Boko is at fault for their involvement in campaign financing, as both were following the established rules of multiparty politics, where elections require substantial financial resources for parties to campaign and organise.

    28 September 2026 · Mmegi →

  2. African Hero invests P4m to revive Top 8 football tournament

    The Top 8 tournament returned after a six-year break with a P4 million injection from African Hero, with support from BTC's P1 million pledge, aimed at restoring commercial viability and grassroots impact of local football. Minister of Sport Jacob Kelebeng called for stadiums to reclaim their former glory and fill venues to attract corporate investment.

    28 September 2026 · Daily News Botswana →

Monday 21 September

  1. Boko emerges as founding chairman of African Hero infrastructure initiative

    President Duma Boko has been revealed as the founding chairman of the African Hero infrastructure initiative linked to businessman Zunaid Moti. The Botswana Republican Party has called for urgent parliamentary and public scrutiny of the arrangement.

    21 September 2026 · Botswana Sunday Standard →

Wednesday 16 September

  1. Manual Workers Union demands vetting records for Moti project

    The Manual Workers Union is demanding documentary proof that businessman Zunaid Moti's recently opened school and clinic project in Gaborone has undergone government scrutiny, and seeking clarity on whether the government will ultimately pay for it.

    16 September 2026 · The Botswana Gazette →

Monday 14 September

  1. Private investment in public infrastructure debate heats up

    A Weekend Post opinion piece defends private-sector partnerships for building public infrastructure in Botswana, citing the African Hero initiative's Block 7 school and clinic project—funded without government spending on construction, with government providing land and managing operations—as a case for private capital filling gaps the government says it cannot afford.

    14 September 2026 · Weekend Post →

Sunday 13 September

  1. Botswana's inaugural Elite Top 8 football tournament launches with P1.5 million prize

    Eight of Botswana's top football clubs will compete in the inaugural Elite Top 8 tournament with a total purse of P3.05 million, featuring a P1.5 million championship prize for the winners. Quarter-finals pit Gaborone United against Nico United, Mochudi Centre Chiefs against Morupule Wanderers, Sua Flamingos against Orapa United, and Jwaneng Galaxy against Township Rollers, with finals scheduled for 9–11 October.

    13 September 2026 · Botswana Sunday Standard →

Wednesday 9 September

  1. Unions demand Government disclosure on Moti partnership terms

    BOPEU and the Manual Workers Union are pressing Government to disclose the financial, legal and employment obligations behind its African Hero partnership with South African businessman Zunaid Moti.

    9 September 2026 · The Botswana Gazette →

  2. PAC considers summoning Finance Ministry PS over Moti proposal

    The Public Accounts Committee is considering whether to summon the Finance Ministry's Permanent Secretary to explain the revival of businessman Zunaid Moti's investment proposal, which had previously been rejected on cost grounds.

    9 September 2026 · The Botswana Gazette →

Monday 7 September

  1. President Boko unveils modern school despite bureaucratic resistance

    President Advocate Duma Boko unveiled the Duma Boko School at Block 7 in Gaborone on Saturday, a flagship project built by Jindal Power and serving as the inaugural site for African Hero, a pan-African initiative to expand access to education, healthcare and skills development. Boko said internal government resistance, including obstruction of features like a swimming pool, delayed the project despite the funding coming from non-government sources.

    7 September 2026 · Daily News Botswana →

Saturday 5 September

  1. Zunaid Moti launches education-healthcare initiative without government funding

    Businessman Zunaid Moti, supported by private sector players including Jindal Energy, has established a public-benefit project to build education and healthcare facilities from preassembled material to high standards, with no government funding. Moti is financing an estimated P2 billion plant in Gabane to produce materials for the project and enable scaling across Botswana and the continent.

    5 September 2026 · Mmegi →

  2. President Boko unveils school and clinic in Gaborone

    President Advocate Duma Boko opened a primary school expected to enrol about 380 learners and a clinic in Block 7, Gaborone, built through a private-sector partnership under the African Hero initiative, with government covering staffing and operations rather than construction costs.

    5 September 2026 · Daily News Botswana →

Monday 31 August

  1. Duma Boko School and Clinic launches September 5 in Block 7

    The Duma Boko School & Clinic in Block 7 will be unveiled on September 5, according to African Hero, the infrastructure initiative behind the project funded by South African businessman Zunaid Moti. The development reverses an earlier rejection by the Ministry of Finance, which flagged the proposal as financially costly and advocated for open competitive bidding.

    31 August 2026 · Mmegi →

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