1960s in Botswana information

The following lists events that happened during the 1960s in Botswana, beginning with its independence on 30 September 1966. President: Seretse Khama...

Botswana (English: Land of the Tswana; /bɒtˈswɑːnə/ , also UK: /bʊt-, bʊˈtʃw-/), officially the Republic of Botswana (Setswana: Lefatshe la Botswana, [lɪˈfatsʰɪ...

Union, +267, in the late 1960s. xx xxxxx or xxx xxxxx – calling within Botswana +267 xx xxxxx or +267 xxx xxxxx – calling from outside Botswana The NSN length...

economy of Botswana is currently one of the world's fastest growing economies, averaging about 5% per annum over the past decade. Growth in private sector...

development. Botswana's diamond industry is very important to its economy. Since the discovery of diamonds in Botswana in the late 1960s in the Orapa diamond...

conducted in various villages around the country in the early 1960s, the first Miss Botswana beauty contest was in 1967, conducted as part of Botswana independence...

The following lists events that happened during the 1990s in Botswana. President: Quett Masire (1980–1998) Festus Mogae (1998–2008) Vice President Peter...

happened during the 1970s in Botswana. President: Seretse Khama (1966–1980) Vice President: Quett Masire (1966–1980) The Botswana Development Corporation...

and largest city of Botswana with a population of 246,325 based on the 2022 census, about 10% of the total population of Botswana. Its agglomeration is...

of about US$70 per year in the late 1960s—Botswana has since transformed itself into one of the fastest-growing economies in the world. The economy is...

Botswana is a parliamentary republic in which the President of Botswana is both head of state and head of government. The nation's politics are based...

citizens of Botswana. Some of them have taken an active part in politics. The discovery of diamonds and their mining from the late 1960s saw the beginning...

The following lists events that happened during the 1980s in Botswana. President: Seretse Khama (1966–1980) Quett Masire (1980–1998) Vice President Quett...

the 1960s, when Botswana gained its independence from Britain and Gaborone became the capital, the city has grown from a small village in the Botswana scrubland...

ˈlɛnʊ la ˈrʊna]; "Blessed Be This Noble Land") is the national anthem of Botswana. The music was composed by Kgalemang Tumediso Motsete, who also authored...

This is a list of years in Botswana. 1960s 1966 1967 1968 1969 1970s 1970 1971 1972 1973 1974 1975 1976 1977 1978 1979 1980s 1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985...

identified diamond-bearing deposits at Orapa in the 1960s. Over the next five years, the government of Botswana increased its ownership stake from an original...

elections were held in Botswana on 16 October 1999, alongside local elections. The result was an eighth straight victory for the ruling Botswana Democratic Party...

Permission was granted, and meant that the Botswana remained under direct British rule until independence in the 1960s. Six plinths at the feet of the statues...

introduced to Botswana from South Africa by European explorers and colonists in the 19th century. The number of horses increased sharply in the second half...

Cinema of Botswana (or cinema in Botswana) comprises film-making in the Southern African country of Botswana, both before and after Botswana's independence...

zone. In the other extreme of the continent, southern Namibia, southern Botswana, great parts of South Africa, the entire territories of Lesotho and Eswatini...

River in Botswana and Etosha National Park in northwestern Namibia, extending up into southern Angola; central peoples of most of Namibia and Botswana, extending...

prevalent groups, and Botswana. Considerable mingling with Bantu-speaking groups is evidenced by prevalence of click phonemes in many especially Xhosa...

published in 1968. Having left South Africa in 1964, Head wrote the novel while in exile in Botswana, completing it in 1967. It was first published in London...

(Namibia), and ZAPU and ZANU–PF (Zimbabwe). In 2019, the Botswana Democratic Party, the ruling party of Botswana, joined the FLMSA. Southern African Development...

"Okovanggo") in Botswana is a vast inland delta formed where the Okavango River reaches a tectonic trough at an altitude of 930–1,000 m in the central...