[citation needed]Batshu was appointed as the Chairman of the Parliamentary oversight Committee on Directorate of Intelligence and Security.
[citation needed]Edwin Batshu was then appointed Minister of Labour and Home Affairs in November 2011.
[citation needed] Edwin Batshu joined the Botswana Police Service in 1970 as a constable.
Batshu was the third Motswana to head Botswana Police Service since independence, the first being Simon Hirschfeld followed by Norman Moleboge.
Batshu was appointed to the Customary Court of Appeal as a Judge in October 2007 a position he held till February 2008 when he joined politics.