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The constituency was originally created in 1984, following the division of the single constituency of Gaborone and has undergone multiple changes in its size and composition. Gaborone South was a safe seat for the BNF between 1984 and 2009. [2] It was the seat of Kenneth Koma, president of the BNF and leader of the Opposition between 1984 and 2003.
The Gaborone Dam is located south of Gaborone along the Gaborone-Lobatse road, and provides water for both Gaborone and Lobatse. The dam is the second biggest in Botswana, able to hold 141,400,000 cubic metres (184,900,000 cu yd ). [ 59 ]
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Gaborone South Gaborone was the constituency that represented the city of Gaborone in the National Assembly of Botswana from 1974 to 1984, following its separation from Gaborone/Ramotswa in 1972 and until its division in 1984 into two constituencies, Gaborone North and Gaborone South .
The constituency was created in 2012, from the former Gaborone West South constituency. In 2014 it was won by the Umbrella for Democratic Change candidate, Ndaba Gaolathe. . In 2019, following Gaolathe's defection from UDC to found the Alliance for Progressives, [3] he lost the seat to Botswana Democratic Party candidate Christian Ntuba Greef in a three-horse ra
Rank Name City, Town or District Population 2011 [1] Population 2022 [2] Change 1. Gaborone: Gaborone: 231,592 246,325 +6.36%: 2. Francistown: Francistown: 98,961 103,417
Gaborone has experienced a multitude of attacks by the South African military in the 1980s. On 13 May 1983, South Africa sent helicopters to attack the army base outside of Gaborone. [25] On 14 June 1985, South Africa attacked an anti-apartheid group in the Raid on Gaborone. The raids resulted in twelve civilian deaths.
South-East is one of the districts of Botswana. The capital city of Botswana, Gaborone, is surrounded by this district. The administrative capital for the South-East district is the village of Ramotswa. In the southeast, South-East borders the North West Province of South Africa.