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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Mmegi
… African Hero belongs to Boko’s friend, South African businessman Zunaid Moti, who financed the Umbrella for Democratic Change’s (UDC) 2019 General Election bid. …
Moti-Boko’s school, clinic race to launch in exclusive unveilingAn 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 →
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 →
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 →
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 →
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 →
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 →
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 →
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 →
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 →
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 →
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 →
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 →
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 →