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Ancestral land conflict over the Central Kalahari Game Reserve (CKGR) arose in the 1970s between the government of Botswana and the San people (Bushmen), and is ongoing, resulting in one of the most expensive court cases in the history of Botswana. In the 1970s, conflict began over the relocation efforts by the government of Botswana (GOB ...
June – Botswana is connected to Fiber-optic Internet. [1]: xliii 9 August – Botswana wins its first Olympic medal when Nijel Amos wins a silver in the men's 800 metres. [1]: xliii 9 August – The Diamond Trading Center is established. [1]: xliii 16 October – The Botswana High Court affirms that women have the right to inherit property.
Botswana was dependent on the Apartheid regime in South Africa for access to the global community, and the majority of Botswana's labourers were migrant workers in South Africa. [195] Botswana came into more direct conflict with Rhodesia, which caused military skirmishes until 1978.
The ensuing conflict between the Germans and the Herero was to last for years, only ending in a calculated act of genocide which saw the remaining of the tribe flee across the border into Botswana. The refugees settled among the Batawana and were initially subjugated, but eventually regained their herds and independence.
The Botswana Development Corporation is established. [2]: 95 Botswana establishes diplomatic relations with the Soviet Union. [3] January – The power to allocate tribal land is transferred from the kgosis to independent land boards under the Tribal Land Act. [3] 6 March – Botswana establishes diplomatic relations with Czechoslovakia. [3]
Conflict Combatant 1 Combatant 2 Result Battle of Dimawe (1852) Various Botswana (Bakwena, Batlokwa, Balete, Batswapong, and Bahurutshe) tribal warriors Voortrekkers: Victory: Operation Restore Hope (1992-1993) Two members of the Botswana Defense Force in Mogadishu, Somalia, January 1993. UNITAF Australia Bangladesh Belgium Botswana Canada Egypt
1985 – HIV is first identified in Botswana, beginning the nation's HIV epidemic. [5]: xxxvi 14 June – South African soldiers invade Botswana and attack the headquarters of a South African anti-apartheid group in Gabarone. [2]: 20 12 people are killed, and the action is condemned in a resolution by the United Nations. [1]
Sheila Khama, a distant relative of Seretse Khama Ian Khama, is the former CEO of De Beers Botswana, the largest mining company in Botswana, and part of the largest mineral mining company in the world. President Seretse Khama Ian Khama was elected for a full term as President of Botswana on October 16, 2009 and stepped down in 2018.