Tshosa appointed Competition Commission chairperson
Tuesday, October 13, 2015
Dr Tshosa
Tshosa takes over from Zein Kebonang who was the chairperson of the Commission when it was set up. Kebonang resigned as chairperson when he was appointed Acting Judge of the High Court in April 2015.
Tshosa is a widely experienced lawyer who served in many capacities in his illustrious legal career. He graduated from the University of Botswana (UB) where he gained his LL.B after which he proceeded to the University of Lund in Sweden where he attained his senior law degree (LL.M). Like his predecessor, Tshosa is a man of many letters; he gained his doctoral degree from the renowned law citadel at the University of Edinburgh.
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