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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.
At the time of independence, Botswana was an extremely poor nation, more so than most others in Africa. [ 192 ] [ 193 ] It did not have an educated workforce, with only 40 citizens having university degrees, and there were no known natural resource supplies to support the nation. [ 194 ]
This last plinth is inscribed with the following statements: "[Botswana's] political independence from Britain was achieved in 1966. The process of nation building and development commences." [4] Despite the monument's existence, according to Phillip Segadika from the Botswana National Museum, there is no specific independence monument. [10]
Evidence shows that there have been inhabitants along the Notwane River for centuries, all the way back to the Middle Stone Age. [9] The area that is now modern-day Botswana was inhabited exclusively by the Khoikhoi pastoralists, who valued cattle because of nutritional benefits, [10] until around the 8th century CE when the Toutswe people arrived in Botswana.
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).
Botswana, [c] officially the Republic of Botswana, [d] is a landlocked country in Southern Africa. Botswana is topographically flat, with approximately 70 percent of its territory part of the Kalahari Desert. It is bordered by South Africa to the south and southeast, Namibia to the west and north, Zambia to the north and Zimbabwe to the northeast.
The common eland (Taurotragus oryx), also known as the southern eland or eland antelope, is a large-sized savannah and plains antelope found in East and Southern Africa.An adult male is around 1.6 m (5.2 ft) tall at the shoulder and can weigh up to 942 kg (2,077 lb) with a typical range of 500–600 kg (1,100–1,300 lb).
A 1965 constitution delineated a new Botswana government, and on 30 September 1966, Botswana gained its independence. As prescribed by the new constitution , Khama became its first President. [ 1 ] Ten days prior to this, Elizabeth II had promoted Khama within the Order of the British Empire , appointing him a Knight Commander (KBE).