He told a prisons anti-corruption workshop in Gaborone on Tuesday that since he became commissioner in 2008, he has revamped the department by shaking officers out of their comfort zones. He said he discovered there was less delivery and this prompted him to restructure the organisation. He stated that the move has been fruitful as there has been an improvement in the department. "I will continue moving people even though I have lost favour with others for doing so," he said. Motlalekgosi has been seconded to prisons from the Botswana Defence Force (BDF). He said that as a leader, his philosophy entails transformation through introspection. "This has been divided into two sub-categories being self-realisation and self-actualisation," he explained. He said for prisons to align itself with the government's anti-corruption initiative, it must start by accepting that there is graft in the organisation. He said after the realisation, prisons can then come up with strategies to combat corruption.
The theme of the prisons anti-corruption workshop was: "Accountability, Key To Corruption Prevention". At the workshop, the Directorate on Corruption and Economic Crime (DCEC) deputy director, Botlhale Makgekgenene described corruption as abuse of power for private or personal gain or unfair personal benefit from actions that are against the law or against public interest. She said this includes unfair competition, inefficient service delivery, distorted policies and social justice which exacerbates poverty and undermines authority, accountability and the rule of law.
