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The history of Botswana encompasses the region's ancient and tribal history, its colonisation as the Bechuanaland Protectorate, and the present-day Republic of Botswana. The first modern humans to inhabit Botswana were the San people , and agriculture first developed approximately 2,300 years ago.
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.
History of Botswana (second ed.). Gaborone, Botswana: MacMillan Botswana. ISBN 978-99912-78-08-7. Harrigan, Walter et al. Report of the judicial enquiry Re Seretse Khama of the Bamangwato tribe (1 December 1949), reproduced in Botswana Notes and Records, Vol 17 (1985), pp. 53–64. Mogalakwe, Monageng (2006).
Sebele I was a chief of the Kwena —a major Tswana tribe (morafe) in modern-day Botswana— who ruled from 1892 until his death in 1911. [4] During his lifetime, he resisted the 1885 Bechuanaland Protectorate [5] as well as the control of his domains by Cecil Rhodes' British South African Company, which was administering, by a royal charter signed in October 1889, his homeland in the ...
Six inscribed plinths are located at the feet of the statues, each of which describes a different period in the history of Botswana from the early 19th century up until its independence in 1966. The plinths describe a history starting in the Mfecane period, with Batswana kingdoms expanding from an influx of refugees from wars in southern Africa.
Molepolole is a large village in Kweneng District, Botswana.. The people who reside in Molepolole are called Bakwena, who are one of the eight major tribes in Botswana.The Bakwena Kgosi (Chief), Sebele I was among the three chiefs who went to England to seek protection from the British in the colonial era. [4]
Botswana accepted the convention on 23 November 1998. [3] There are two World Heritage Sites in Botswana, with a further seven on the tentative list. [3] The first site in Botswana to be inscribed to the list was Tsodilo Hills in 2001. [3] The most recent site listed was the Okavango Delta in 2003, and became the 1000th site on the list. [4]
13 June – Bathoen II leaves the Botswana Democratic Party and resigns his status as kgosi of the Ngwaketse to join the Botswana National Front. [3] 23 June – The Debswana mining company is established. [3] 18 October – The first national election of Botswana is held. The Botswana Democratic Party is challenged by the Botswana National ...