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The border between Botswana and South Africa is 1,969 kilometres (1,223 mi) long. [1] More than 90% of the border follows rivers, including the Nossob, Molopo, Marico and Limpopo. [2]
t. e. 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.
In 2003, South African President, Thabo Mbeki visited Botswana President Festus Mogae.The two countries issued a communique that said the two heads of state reviewed bilateral, regional, and international issues of mutual interest, such as the Agreement on the Establishment of a Joint Permanent Commission for Cooperation between Botswana and South Africa.
Groblersbrug. Groblersbrug (known as Grobler's Bridge in English) is a border crossing between South Africa and Botswana [1] on the Limpopo River in Limpopo. On the Botswana side, the border post is known as Martin's Drift. South Africa. Botswana.
Botswana, [ c ] officially the Republic of Botswana, [ d ] is a landlocked country in Southern Africa. Botswana is topographically flat, with approximately 70 per cent 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 ...
Pontdrif is a border crossing between South Africa and Botswana [1] on the Limpopo River in Limpopo.The borderpost is situated just west of Mapungubwe National Park.. The crossing is impassable to vehicles when the Limpopo is in flood; an open steel cage cable car carries pedestrians across the river for a fee of R30 or P30 (May 2014).
The Botswana pula replaces the South African rand as Botswana's official currency. [1]: xxxiv 1977 January – The United Nations passes a resolution demanding that Rhodesian forces end their hostilities along the Botswana–Rhodesia border. [3] 15 April – The Botswana Defence Force is established. [1]: xxxv 1979
Whether Botswana and Zambia actually shared a common border, or whether the ferry was illegally crossing into Namibian or Rhodesian territory, was the subject of dispute. In 1970, South Africa (which at the time occupied Namibia) informed Botswana that there was no common border between Botswana and Zambia, claiming that a quadripoint existed ...