David Tshere

David Tshere is a motswana politician who serves a member of parliment for Mahalapye West.He is a member of Umbrella For Democratic Change (UDC). He is The Minister of Communications and Innovation and Chairperson of the Parliamentary Committee on Health. Quotes “Once the minister says this publicly, you should know that it is a done deal and therefore our medicine procurement will be done by a politically connected company, which has connections outside the country. Batswana will be pushed out of business once this happens,” “I thought the engagement of Baylor College of Medicine was temporary and we would go back to our normal procurement procedures. Does this mean that our medicine procurement is now run from Texas University?,” Tshere expresses disdain for CMS privatisation 18 January 2025 “This is not just about education, but about dignity and working conditions. I will ensure your voices are heard in Parliament,” “It is essential to move on, the syllabus has to be completed and I’m optimistic the results would improve next year,” Tshere Assures Madiba Staff of Support 7 July 2025 “According to my phone log, the call happened on January 8, 2023, after 12 noon in front of two other people who were complaining about medicines. By then I thought I could call the Minister so that they could hear him as well. Unfortunately, in the process, something like that came out,” Tshere denies Dikoloti leak 18 January 2023 “There is no way you can declare huge amounts of profits and say you can’t pay workers. That means you are going back to slavery, which we don’t want, you are not supposed to declare high profits at the expense of our people,” “If a person spends the whole day at the office making money for you, the least they can earn as a salary is P4,000. As I said, this one is not negotiable, it is either you pay P4,000.00 living wage or you close shop. It is as simple as that.” “At the moment, we are still talking about this but there will come a law which will focus on making sure that everyone who works formal employment doesn’t earn anything less than P4000. This has to be clear because the way I hear these business owners they remind me of the 15 and 16th centuries slave owners,” “We are going to come up with a law, they should be prepared, it is either you pay the living wage of P4000 or close shop. That is the reality coming their way. It is not negotiable, that is how it is. It’s the promise we are going to keep as the UDC,” “Others who understand that people have to earn better living wage will open,” Companies warned to pay minimum wage or close shop 21 February 2025