The Department of Taxes and Attorney General's Chambers Building (sometimes shortened to Attorney General's Chambers Building) is currently the tallest building in
Botswana
Botswana (, ), officially the Republic of Botswana ( tn, Lefatshe la Botswana, label= Setswana, ), is a landlocked country in Southern Africa. Botswana is topographically flat, with approximately 70 percent of its territory being the Kalaha ...
and one of the most expensive buildings built in
Africa
Africa is the world's second-largest and second-most populous continent, after Asia in both cases. At about 30.3 million km2 (11.7 million square miles) including adjacent islands, it covers 6% of Earth's total surface area ...
. The building, located in the Government Enclave on Nelson Mandela Drive in
Gaborone
Gaborone ( , , ) is the capital and largest city of Botswana with a population of 246,325 based on the 2022 census, about 10% of the total population of Botswana. Its agglomeration is home to 421,907 inhabitants at the 2011 census.
Gaboron ...
, is home to the
Botswana Department of Taxes and the
Attorney General's Chambers.
History
Miscommunication and financial mismanagement caused construction of the building to grossly exceed both the deadline and budget. The part of the building originally for the Attorney General's Chambers was assigned to three other departments (i.e. the
Ministry of Commerce and Industry; the
Ministry of Works, Transport and Communications; and the
Department of Architecture and Building Services) before being assigned to the Attorney General once again. Lesego Motsumi, Minister of Works and Transport, reported that "the project had a time delay of 544 days which resulted in an additional cost of
P11,734,464.27" (US$1.9 million in July 2007).
Architecture
The building's design has been criticised for its glass windows, which can cause high energy costs in a hot climate.
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*{{cite web, title=Poor planning bleeds government of millions of Pula, url=http://www.sundaystandard.info/print_article.php?NewsID=1800, date=29 July 2007, work=Sunday Standard, access-date=24 July 2012, archive-url=https://www.webcitation.org/69OFjXRlt?url=http://www.sundaystandard.info/print_article.php?NewsID=1800, archive-date=24 July 2012, ref={{harvid, Sunday Standard, 2007, url-status=dead
External links
Botswana Department of TaxesAttorney General's Chambers
Government of Botswana
Buildings and structures in Gaborone
Landmarks in Gaborone