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The University of Botswana (UB) was established in 1982, as the first institution of higher education in Botswana. [2] The university currently has three campuses : one in the capital city Gaborone , one in Francistown , and another in Maun .
The university became the University of Botswana and Swaziland (UBS) after the National University of Lesotho was established on October 20, 1975. The ultimate end of the UBS was in the 1981–1982 academic year, when the University of Swaziland and the University Botswana were established independently.
The University of Botswana and Swaziland was the predecessor of both the University of Botswana and the University of Eswatini.It existed from October 20, 1975 when the Lesotho campus of the University of Botswana, Lesotho and Swaziland (UBLS) withdrew to form the National University of Lesotho (NUL), until June 1982 when the two universities in Botswana and Eswatini were established.
In Botswana he served on the Tertiary Education Council and as of 2005 he was chair of the Botswana Institute for Development Policy Analysis (BIDPA). [7] [2] He was married to Professor Sheila Tlou, Botswana's minister of health from 2004 to 2008 and a former associate professor of nursing at the University of Botswana. [2]
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The OSI African Regional Office and the Youth Initiative partnered with the Pan-African Universities Debating Championship (PAUDC) organizing committee and the University of Botswana to organize the first-ever Pan African Universities Debating Championship in 2008 to provide students from various African universities the opportunity to interrogate issues of African and Global importance.
The University of Botswana was created the same year when it split from the University of Botswana, Lesotho and Swaziland. [226] Legal developments in 1982, the Financial Assistance Policy and the legalisation of commercial activity by civil servants, spurred the nation's economy but also loosened regulations that would prevent corruption. [259]
University of Botswana established. University of Botswana Stadium opens. 1984 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 ...