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26-417: The Global Leadership Foundation (GLF) was set up in 2004 by F. W. de Klerk as a network of former national leaders to advise newly-democratic countries on issues of governance and stability. GLF works discreetly on policy issues with these leaders. The initial members were Václav Havel , Quett Masire , and Aníbal Cavaco Silva . Since its establishment in 2004, GLF's engagements have included advice on

52-705: A National Democratic Institute pre-election assessment mission in Nigeria , which identified a number of hurdles that could undermine a successful process surrounding the 2011 state and national polls . He was the chancellor of the University of Botswana from 1982 to 1998. Masire died at Bokamoso Hospital in Mmopane , Botswana , surrounded by his family, on 22 June 2017 at the age of 91. He had been hospitalized on 18 June after undergoing surgery for an unspecified reason, but his health deteriorated afterwards. He

78-436: A Seêpapitsô abdicated, only to reemerge as the leader of the opposition National Front . This set the stage for Bathoen's local electoral victory over Masire during the same year. However, the ruling party won decisively at the national level, thus allowing Masire to maintain his position as one of the four "specially elected" members of Parliament. Khama died on 13 July 1980, and Masire automatically became acting president per

104-546: A farmer if this one is using it badly or for the wrong means. The concept of communal land does not meet well with modern-day law, which is based on private property , so these territories more often than not are without a legal owner, which in law means it is property of the state. This has opened the door to cases of land grabbing by corporations, which has been the source of many conflicts and strife. The term communal land in Zimbabwe refers to certain rural areas within

130-520: A levy. These institutions still survive today in Switzerland and Sardinia . This system has also existed in Africa, Asia and America, and in some parts has persisted until today. A group or culture historically owns a piece of land and distributes it among its members, through the relevant authority. The good management of this land is veiled by the group itself, which can revoke the right of use to

156-492: A principal architect of Botswana's steady economic and infrastructural growth between 1966 and 1980, Masire earned a reputation as a highly competent technocrat. However, his local Bangwaketse political base was eroded by his old nemesis Bathoen. During the initial years of independence the Democratic Party government moved decisively to undercut many of the residual powers of the chiefs. As a result, in 1969 Bathoen II

182-527: A result, he became estranged from the party for the first time in his life. Sir Ketumile was also a founding member of the Global Leadership Foundation , an organization which works to support democratic leadership, prevent and resolve conflict through mediation and promote good governance in the form of democratic institutions, open markets, human rights and the rule of law. It does so by making available, discreetly and in confidence,

208-683: The Constitution. Five days after Khama's death, Masire was elected as president by secret ballot at the National Assembly on 18 July 1980. Masire's three full terms were characterised by an emphasis on developments through regional and international organisations. Masire was chairman of the Southern African Development Community and vice chairman of the Organisation of African Unity ; he

234-528: The Democratic Party won 28 of the 31 contested seats in the new Legislative Assembly, giving it a clear mandate to lead Botswana to independence. Masire was elected to the legislature and became Deputy Prime Minister in 1966 under Prime Minister Seretse Khama . Upon independence later that year, Masire became the new nation's vice-president, under President Khama. Until 1980 he also held the significant portfolios of finance (from 1967) and development planning (from 1967), which were formally merged in 1971. As

260-480: The Grand Cross of Saint Michael and Saint George by Queen Elizabeth II (GCMG) in 1991. He was a leading figure in the independence movement and then the new government, and played a crucial role in facilitating and protecting Botswana's steady financial growth and development. He stepped down in 1998 and was succeeded by Vice-President Festus Mogae , who became the third president of Botswana. Masire

286-540: The People's Party, the earliest nationalist grouping to enjoy a mass following in the territory, he declined to join the movement. Masire married Gladys Olebile Masire in 1958. Sir Quett and Lady Masire had six children. In 1961, Masire helped found the Botswana Democratic Party (BDP). He was instrumental in the formation of the party, and served as its first secretary-general. In March 1965,

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312-473: The World" examines the many ways that GLF Members, amongst other former presidents and prime ministers, have played an important role in public life after leaving elected political office. Quett Masire Ketumile Quett Joni Masire , GCMG (23 July 1925 – 22 June 2017), was the second and longest-serving president of Botswana , in office from 1980 to 1998. He was given an honorary knighthood of

338-433: The autocratic Bangwaketse ruler. Resenting Bathoen's many petty interferences in school affairs, Masire, working through the revived Bechuanaland African Teachers Association, became an advocate for the autonomy of protectorate schools from chiefly authority. In 1957, Masire earned a Master Farmers Certificate and established himself as one of the territory's leading agriculturalists. His success led to renewed conflict with

364-582: The country. Communal lands were formerly called Tribal Trust Lands (TTL's). Subsistence farming and small scale commercial farming are the principal economic activities in communal lands, there is usually limited additional employment apart from in a growth point and with jobs like teaching . Some communal lands have high population densities , and as a consequence overgrazing by cattle and goats and soil erosion can occur. The farms of communal lands are traditionally unfenced. Communal lands have resident traditional African Chiefs . Many communal lands are at

390-587: The experience of former leaders to today's national leaders. It is a not-for-profit organization composed of former heads of government, senior governmental and international organization officials who work closely with heads of government on governance-related issues of concern to them. In May 2010 Sir Ketumile Masire led an African Union Election Observer Mission to the May 2010 Ethiopian general election , and in October 2010 he co-led (with fellow GLF Member Joe Clark )

416-533: The following: In addition to the provision of direct but discreet advice on an ever-increasing range of topics to serving national leaders, GLF engages in the following: While GLF does not seek to publicize its work with world leaders, some visits are in the public domain, such as the 2011 visit to the Maldives by Cassam Uteem, the 2013 visit to Kenya by Joe Clark and Quett Masire, the 2014 and 2015 visits to Ghana by FW de Klerk, Quett Masire and Kaspar Villiger, and

442-647: The foundation financially. A limit is placed on the size of each donation to preserve the foundation's independence. GLF is registered in the Canton of Bern , Switzerland . It has two associate foundations: GLF (USA), a 501(c)(3) foundation registered in Delaware , US; and GLF (UK), a charity registered in England and Wales . A recent publication by BBC documentary producer Giles Edwards titled "The Ex Men – How Our Former Presidents and Prime Ministers Are Still Changing

468-485: The jealous Bathoen, who seized his farms as a penalty for the supposed infraction of fencing communal land . In 1958, Masire was appointed as the protectorate reporter for the African Echo/Naledi ya Botswana newspaper. He was also elected to the newly reformed Bangwaketse Tribal Council and after 1960, the protectorate-wide African and Legislative Councils. Although he attended the first Kanye meeting of

494-563: The last decade of his life, Masire became increasingly unhappy with the direction of the Botswana Democratic Party and the government of Ian Khama . Events such as the loss of about a fifth of the membership to the breakaway Botswana Movement for Democracy in 2010, and the bitter 2011 BOFEPUSU strike made him question leadership decisions. He came to conclude that the BDP had lost its original ideas, and had instead been taken over by opportunists looking to benefit from senior government positions. As

520-564: The mediation role Quett Masire played in negotiating a ceasefire agreement in Mozambique in 2016. Upon de Klerk's death in late 2021, Helen Clark became the new GLF chair. There are currently43 GLF Members. New members are selected by existing members. The Foundation is supported by the GLF International Council, which consists of organizations and individuals who recognize the importance of GLF's work and support

546-767: The objective of bringing about a new political dispensation for the Democratic Republic of Congo, in terms of the Lusaka Ceasefire Agreement . In 2007, Sir Ketumile Masire set up the Sir Ketumile Masire Foundation to promote the social and economic well-being of the society of Botswana. The foundation strives to facilitate and drive efforts to promote peace, good governance and political stability internationally; assist children with disabilities from birth; and promote innovation and alternatives in agriculture. During

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572-795: The top of his class at the Kanye school, he won himself a scholarship to further his education at the Tiger Kloof Educational Institute in South Africa. In 1950, after graduating from Tiger Kloof, Masire helped found the Seepapitso II Secondary School, the first institution of higher learning in the Bangwaketse Reserve. He served as the school's headmaster for about six years. During this period he clashed with Bathoen II ,

598-594: Was also chairman of the Global Coalition for Africa and a member of the UN group on Africa Development. On 7 August 1988, while flying with his staff to a summit in Angola , his executive jet was accidentally shot at by an Angolan Air Force MiG-23 . The plane was damaged and Masire was injured, but the co-pilot was able to make a successful emergency landing. Following his retirement in 1998, Sir Ketumile Masire

624-452: Was born on 23 July 1925 in Kanye , Bechuanaland Protectorate , into a cattle-herding family to Gaipone (née Kgopo) and Joni Masire. He grew up at a time when there was not much economic activity in the country other than being a lowly-paid migrant labourers in the mines of apartheid South Africa . From an early age Masire set himself apart through academic achievement. After graduating at

650-428: Was buried on the morning of Thursday 29 June 2017 in his home village Kanye, Botswana. Communal land Communal land is a (mostly rural) territory in possession of a community, rather than an individual or company . This sort of arrangement existed in almost all Europe until the 18th century, by which the king or the church officially owned the land, but allowed the peasants to work in them in exchange for

676-670: Was involved in numerous diplomatic initiatives in a number of African countries, including Ethiopia , Lesotho , Malawi , Mozambique , Ghana and Swaziland . Between 1998 and 2000 he served as Chairman of the International Panel of Eminent Personalities Investigating the Circumstances Surrounding the 1994 Rwandan genocide , and between 2000 and 2003 was the facilitator for the Inter-Congolese National Dialogue, which had

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