Nonofo Molefhi

Nonofo Molefhi is a Motswana politician born in 20 November 1959.He is member of Botswana Democratic Party and a former Minister of Infrastructure, Science and Technology. Incumbent. Assumed office 3 November 2014. Quotes “It is not about ourselves as candidates; it’s about the BDP and democrats,” “We lost elections because there was erosion of our values, traditions, and the core ethos the BDP was built with,” “The constitution is the problem because it vests so much with the president,” “We want to give them reason to belong. We want them to be hopeful,” Molefhi’s never-say-die attitude 7 April 2025 "For those already existing houses, we owe banks, we need to pay them back. The question is who will subsidize the shortfall?" "We know that the houses are expensive (for Batswana). That is why we are looking for  alternative building systems that will make housing affordable. We are investigating  the designs of the houses, how we can reduce costs through simpler designs. These are some of the things that we are reviewing to enable us  to reduce the costs of building houses," BHC, ministry plan to lower cost of houses 18 September 2009 "It is for this reason that our government made significant investments in national ICT infrastructure development and international connectivity," "With the mobile revolution, Botswana has brought ICTs and their benefits within reach of virtually all of the country's people in every district and in most villages," "due to the fact that we have a sparse population and it may not be economical to universally use wire line technologies". Molefhi bemoans low Internet access 13 April 2013 “We have not stretched them to the end of the value chain,” “had we taken that money and found a piece of land for horticultural production and invited or identified potential farmers and divided the land amongst them to grow veggies that are in demand in the market,” Gov’t commits to ramp up poverty reduction efforts 27 August 2018 “He called me to his office to enquire about the issue and I adequately explained the issue,” “I applied representing ABM College and subsequent to that application I was invited for an interview at the Land Board,” “Some time last year, I received a letter of offer from the Kweneng Land Board offering me two plots…which were more than 100 metres apart,” “I have no idea; that can be verified by the Kweneng Land Board,” A minister appears before the President to explain his land acquisition 9 May 2011