Archibald Mogwe

Archibald Mooketsa Mogwe (29 August 1921 – 25 February 2021) was a politician and diplomat in

With his first wife Lena Mosele Senakhomo (d. 1992) he had three children, daughter, Maleta Luna-Rosa Mogwe (b. 1954)(whom was married to the son of Rev. Albert Alfred Frank Lock, the second [and longest serving] Speaker of the National Assembly in Botswana and a missionary for the LMS); son, Hugh Lehlohonolo Moabi Mogwe (b. 1956 d. 2012); and daughter Alice Mogwe (b. 1961). From 1997 until her death in 2020, Mogwe was married to Botswana’s first female professor, Serara Selelo-Mogwe. Mogwe has six granddaughters, one grandson and two great-grandchildren.

He was infamous for his quick wit. Once, attending a SADCC conference in Lusaka, he was approached by Zambia's Finance Minister, who attempted a put down with "ah, my friend Mr Mogwe, the Minister for Water Affairs in Botswana. What are you doing here as a minister without portfolio; everyone knows Botswana has a no water resources." Archie, in rapid riposte, and after a second of contemplative thought, responded with "Much the same as you, my dear friend, the Minister of Finance for Zambia."^{[citation needed]}

He died on February 25, 2021, at the age of 99.^[6]

Honours

• Awarded the Order of the British Empire (OBE) on the eve of Botswana's independence in 1966

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