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26 October – The 1974 Botswana general election is held. The Botswana Democratic Party maintains its majority. [1]: xxxiv 1975 The Selebi-Phikwe mine opens. [2]: 22 The Tribal Grazing Lands Policy is established. [4]: 67 1976 Kimberlite diamonds are discovered in Jwaneng. [1]: xxxiv 23 August – The Bank of Botswana is established.
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
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.
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]
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).
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).
View history; Tools. Tools. ... Botswana National Museum; Kgosi Bathoen II (Segopotso) Museum ... Museums in Botswana (Archived August 26, 2011, at the Wayback Machine
The Botswana National Stadium opens. 30 September – The Bechuanaland Protectorate is granted independence as Botswana. Seretse Khama is chosen as the first president of Botswana by the National Assembly. [2] 17 October – Botswana is admitted to the United Nations. [3] November – The Zambia high commission opens in Gaborone. [3]