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Buildings in early Gaborone include assembly buildings, government offices, a power station, a hospital, schools, a radio station, a telephone exchange, police stations, a post office, more than 1,000 houses [20] and apartments, a British high commission, a library, a brewery, a church, and numerous other structures. By 1966, the population of ...
Gaborone is the political centre of Botswana. Most government buildings are located west of the Main Mall in an area called the Government Enclave. [49] The National Assembly of Botswana, the Ntlo ya Dikgosi, the National Archives, [26] the Department of Taxes and Attorney General's Chambers Building, and the Ministry of Health.
Gaborone Secondary School built. [2] 1966 Gaberones becomes capital of independent Botswana. [1] Botswana National Stadium opens. Derek Jones becomes mayor. 1968 - Botswana National Museum built. [2] 1969 Gaberones renamed "Gaborone." [1] Debswana Diamond Company Ltd headquartered in Gaborone. 1971 - Population: 17,718. [4]
The city clerk runs the Gaborone City Council and is head of the Chief Officers Management Team (COMT). The city clerk has various advisory committees and secretaries to aid with the job; these helping positions include the deputy clerk, the secretariat, the head of the treasury, the Self-Help Housing Agency, and the departments of engineering, health, fire, education, social and community ...
The Government of Botswana often abbreviated as GOB, is the union government created by the constitution of Botswana having the executive, parliament, and the judiciary. The Seat of the Government is located in Gaborone , Botswana .
The Botswana National archives was established in 1967 as portfolio responsibility of the Ministry of Home Affairs. From that time the Archives operated on Administrative instructions issued by the Ministry until 1978 when Parliament enacted the Archives legislation which formally established the national archives of Botswana for the preservation of public Archives.
The government of Botswana renegotiated its mining agreement with De Beers between 1971 and 1975, shifting the majority of earnings to the nation. [236] As the diamond economy developed and investments were made back into the country, Botswana escaped poverty and came to be seen as a success among the other nations in post-colonial sub-Saharan ...
The seat of government was moved in 1965 from Mahikeng in South Africa, to the newly established Gaborone, located near Botswana's border with South Africa. Based on the 1965 constitution, the country held its first general elections under universal suffrage and gained independence on 30 September 1966. [ 50 ]