Staff Profiles

B A Humanities; Concurrent Certificate in Education; Post Graduate Diploma in Urban Survey; Certificate in Development Planning; MA Environmental Planning; PhD Town and Country Planning

Chadzimula O. Molebatsi teaches in the Department of Architecture and Planning, University of Botswana. His research interest is primarily in planning epistemologies, pedagogies and practices. He has published widely in the areas of settlement planning and the environment and is actively involved in community engagement initiatives. In addition to an academic vocation, Chadzimula is engaged in part-time subsistence farming with keen interest in endogenous livestock and crop farming practices

Planning Theory

Research Methods

Urban and Regional Development Planning

Planning pedagogy and epistemologies

Participatory Development Planning

Production of Urban Spaces

Regional Development Planning

Molebatsi, C and Kalabamu, F. (2017) Planning Legislation in Botswana and the Quest for Inclusive Human Settlements University of Botswana Law Journal, Special Issue, pp. 50 – 81

Molebatsi, C. 2019. Land grabbing in Botswana: Modern era dispossession. Town and Regional planning, no.75, pp. 14-23

Molebatsi, C., Morobolo, S., Lethugile, G.  (2018) Sustainable Development or sustainable lives and livelihoods? Debating sustainable human settlements in Botswana Botswana Journal of Technology Vol 2018, Volume 23, Issue 1 pp1-20