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Close to the capital.
Still a community.
A practical guide for residents, for people thinking of moving here, and for anyone who needs to understand how daily life actually works in Mogoditshane East.
Service figures on this page are derived from the 2022 census and from the constituency's own submissions to Parliament. Named facility directories with addresses and opening hours are being compiled with the Kweneng District Council and will replace the summary figures.
Transport
The commute is the constituency's daily rhythm.
Mogoditshane sits roughly ten kilometres from the Gaborone central business district, and movement between the two shapes the day. Minibus and taxi services run the corridor continuously, and the peak flows are heavily directional: into the capital in the morning, back out in the evening.
For residents this means access to capital-city employment without capital-city housing costs. For anyone assessing the constituency it means the main corridor is the single most valuable piece of commercial frontage in the area, and that pedestrian safety and road capacity along it are live public concerns.
- Distance to Gaborone CBDAbout 10 km
- Principal modeMinibus and taxi
- Typical off-peak runAbout 20 minutes
- Peak directionInbound morning, outbound evening
Evening movement on a constituency road.
Services and amenities
What is here, and what is stretched.
The constituency is honest about both. Knowing where capacity is short is how residents hold the office to account and how investors find the gap.
Schools
About 13,180 residents are under 15, roughly 30.5 per cent of the constituency. Overcrowding has been raised in Parliament as affecting performance, and classroom capacity is the constituency's second-largest service gap after housing.
Healthcare
The wider Mogoditshane area of more than 80,000 people is served by three public health facilities, of which one operates around the clock. That is roughly one facility for every 29,000 residents, against a settlement growing at 3.93 per cent a year.
Housing
A mix of owner-built family plots, rental rooms and newer developments. Serviced plot allocation runs through the Mogoditshane Sub-Land Board.
Markets and shopping
Trade concentrates along the main corridor: groceries, hardware, motor spares, salons and takeaways, mostly locally owned and locally staffed.
Water and electricity
Water is supplied through the Water Utilities Corporation and electricity through the Botswana Power Corporation. With roughly 514 new households forming each year, extending reticulation into newly settled areas is a standing constituency priority.
Waste collection
Collection across the six wards is administered by the Kweneng District Council. A compact twenty square kilometre footprint makes this one of the more operationally efficient collection areas in the district. Missed collections can be reported through the contact page.
Community football, a fixture of the constituency's calendar.
Sport, faith and social life
The calendar belongs to the community.
Football carries much of the constituency's social life, and Mogoditshane has a long association with the competitive game. Community tournaments run through the festive season and draw crowds from across the wards.
Churches, burial societies, women's groups and youth organisations do the quieter work of holding a fast-growing settlement together. The kgotla remains where matters of consequence are raised, and traditional leadership works alongside elected councillors.
With about 16,272 residents aged between 15 and 35, demand for recreation facilities runs well ahead of provision. Groups that want their programme listed on this site should contact the office directly.
New to the constituency
First five things to do.
Find your ward
Mogoditshane East has six: Kgosing, Selemene, Ledumadumane North, Ledumadumane South, Senthumole and Tlhapalanoga. The ward explorer on the home page names each councillor.
Register to vote
Voter registration is administered by the Independent Electoral Commission, which publishes polling station information by constituency.
Sort out land and services properly
Land allocation runs through the Mogoditshane Sub-Land Board. Verify allocation history before committing to any purchase or build.
Register with a clinic
With roughly one public health facility for every 29,000 residents in the wider settlement, registering early matters. Bring your Omang and proof of residence in the ward.
Come to a ward meeting
It remains the most direct route to the constituency office. Dates publish on the news page.