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This is an accepted version of this page This is the latest accepted revision, reviewed on 28 December 2024. British historian Ashley Jackson Born 24 June 1971 Occupation Professor Academic background Education B. A., Greenwich, 1992 M. St., Oxford, 1993 Ph. D., Oxford, 1996 Academic work Discipline Imperial and Military History Sub-discipline British Empire History Institutions King's College ...
Cultural Capital and Prospects for Democracy in Botswana and Ethiopia. Routledge. ISBN 978-1-000-00856-2. Alexander, Karin; Kaboyakgosi, Gape (2012). A Fine Balance: Assessing the Quality of Governance in Botswana. African Books Collective. ISBN 978-1-920409-85-2. Maundeni, Zibani (2004). Civil Society, Politics and the State in Botswana.
The Oxford Historical Monographs Committee is the series' editorial board and is composed of postholders in the History Faculty at the University of Oxford. It meets four times each year to consider examiners' reports and conduct other business. The committee is intended to represent as wide a range of period and thematic interests as possible. [2]
2007 – Uranium deposits are discovered in Botswana. [2]: 22 2008 The Public Service Act of 2008 allows the creation of the labour union BOFEPUSU. [1]: 3 March – The Diamond Trading Company Botswana is established. [3] April – Ian Khama becomes President of Botswana. [2]: 20 2009 16 October – The 2009 Botswana general election is held ...
Botswana is a parliamentary republic with an executive presidency operating under a multi-party system. [ 1 ] [ 2 ] [ 3 ] The first president to govern Botswana was Sir Seretse Khama . [ 4 ] The country has had 13 formal general elections since 1961, with one happening every five years.
Kgari Kealeboga Sechele II (1904–19 September 1962) was a kgosi of the Kwena tribe in the Bechuanaland Protectorate (modern day Botswana) from 1931 until his death in 1962. He was appointed to the position by the British colonial administration after it deposed his elder brother Sebele II .
By 1973, diamonds made up 10% of Botswana's GDP, [222] and by the end of the 1970s, mining was the largest industry in the country. [235] The government of Botswana renegotiated its mining agreement with De Beers between 1971 and 1975, shifting the majority of earnings to the nation. [236]
The African Auxiliary Pioneer Corps (AAPC) was a unit of the British Colonial Auxiliary Forces recruited among Africans from the High Commission Territories (HCT). It was established in July 1941, after the paramount chiefs of the HCT managed to convince the colonial authorities to create an independent force consisting of their subjects.