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The history of Gaborone began with archaeological evidence in the area around Gaborone dating back to 400 BCE, [8] and the first written accounts of Gaborone are from the earliest European settlers in the 19th century.
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.
14 June: Raid on Gaborone. [7] Seretse Khama International Airport opens. [2] Paul Mmlotsi Rantao becomes mayor. Mmegi newspaper begins publication. [8] 1985 - Botswana Gazette newspaper begins publication. [8] 1988 - Gaborone Broadcasting Company established. [2] 1991 Population: 133,468. [9] Botswana College of Agriculture established near city.
There are more people who have earned a degree or postgraduate qualifications in Gaborone than anywhere else in Botswana. 70.9% of the population of Gaborone have earned at least a secondary-level education [11] 2.6% of the population of Gaborone has never attended school. [54] Gaborone has many primary and secondary schools, both public and ...
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 Three Dikgosi Monument is a bronze sculpture located in the Central Business District of Gaborone, Botswana. The statues depict three dikgosi, or tribal chiefs: Khama III, Sebele I, and Bathoen I. The three dikgosi played important roles in Botswana's independence.
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).
Gaborone (c. 1825 – 1931) was a kgosi (King) of the Tlokwa, a tribe of the larger Tswana people in what is now Botswana. He became the tribe's King around 1880, after the death of his father, and secured the Tlokwa's status as the "smallest independent tribal unit" [ 1 ] in the Bechuanaland Protectorate .