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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.
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.
Botswana's Search for Autonomy in Southern Africa. Bloomsbury Academic. ISBN 978-0-313-29571-3. Fawcus, Peter; Tilbury, Alan (2000). Botswana: The Road to Independence. Pula Press. ISBN 978-99912-61-68-3. Gulbrandsen, Ørnulf (2012). The State and the Social: State Formation in Botswana and its Precolonial and Colonial Genealogies. Berghahn Books.
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. [5] [6] The recent election was held on 30 October 2024. [7]
Mmatshumo is a village in the Boteti District in Botswana.The village was established around 1939–1941 as a results of severe drought experienced in Mopipi.The establishment was effected at the same time with that of Letlhakane, Mosu and Gweta villages.The inhibitants are of diverse tribes (Bakaa, Bakalaka, Bateti, Bakhurutshe, Basarwa, Kololo people/Barotsi, Bangwato and some remnants of ...
Botswana 1939-1945: An African Country at War: 1999 Alan Coates English Medieval Books: The Reading Abbey Collections from Foundation to Dispersal: 1999 Gábor Bátonyi Britain and Central Europe, 1918-1933: 1999 Maria Misra: Business, Race, and Politics in British India, c.1850-1960: 1999 Jan Palmowski
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 .
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.