Neo Moroka Explained

Neo Moroka is Chairman of De Beers Botswana. He formerly was a politician in Botswana, serving as Minister of Trade and Industry from 2004 to 2009.

Moroka earned degrees in ecology and was an agricultural advisor to Barclays Bank from 1984 to 1991. He subsequently worked as managing director at BP Botswana. He was elected to the National Assembly for the first time in the October 2004 general election from Kgalagadi South constituency,^[1] representing the governing Botswana Democratic Party. Following the election, he was appointed as Minister of Trade and Industry on November 9, 2004.^[2]

Moroka owns a farm near Makopong in Kgalagadi District.^[3]

External links

• Web site: Profile of Neo Moroka on Government website . https://web.archive.org/web/20070810223659/http://www.mti.gov.bw/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=202&Itemid=112&lang=en . 2007-08-10 . dead.

Notes and References

1. Web site: New cabinet full of new faces . https://web.archive.org/web/20051103213745/http://www.gov.bw/cgi-bin/news.cgi?d=20041111&i=New_cabinet_full_of_new_faces . 2005-11-03 . dead . BOPA . November 11, 2004.
2. Web site: Mogae appoints cabinet - Ten new faces - Five women . Botswana Press Agency (BOPA) . 2004-11-10 . 2007-12-07 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20050210161325/http://www.gov.bw/cgi-bin/news.cgi?d=20041110 . February 10, 2005 .
3. Web site: Moroka charged with lesser offence . Mmegi Online . 21 September 2024 . 30 April 2014.