Do you remember a time when Maun’s popular hangout spot, Backpackers had resident cheetahs?
This week, Ian Brooks, a resident of Maun for a time the 1960s, shares with us a memory of a…
Category: Historic Botswana
Frantic San gentleman braves days’ journey on foot through a route fraught with danger to seek medical assistance for sick wife
The photograph is of a San gentleman. My father won an award for this photograph; he chose to develop it…
Travelling on 1960s Maun – Francistown highway was not for the faint of heart!
The video clip above shows a stretch of the legendary Maun to Francistown highway in the 1960s. The stretch from…
Memories of Maun village life as it was in 1960s Botswana
This week we bring you images and a video depicting various scenes in and around Maun in 1960s Botswana. All…
Camping under the open skies of Tsodilo Hills, where the lions roamed free – early 1960s
The images above (taken by my father, Donald Brooks) are of the ‘Bushmen’ paintings at the Tsodilo Hills. These images…
The ‘old’ Maun Bridge as it was in the early 1960s
The pictures featured are of the construction of the ‘old’ Maun bridge. I’m sure you will recognise it from the…
Policing Bechuanaland Protectorate
As we continue the memories of Bechuanaland Protectorate series recounted by Ian Brooks, this article and photos showcase some of…
Memories of a time gone by – The 1960s Botswana series
Exciting times for YourBotswana and our valued readers! A friend of Botswana has reached out to us to share his…
Memories of early days in 1950 Ghanzi
The following are recollections of the Midgley family first arriving in Ghanzi in September, 1950. The author was seven years…
Memories of Botswana and an enduring friendship with one Isaac Motsusi
Isaac came to work for my family in Francistown when he will have been a mere teenager, in 1949 (mainly…
Re-living memories of 1947 Francistown
We were all so excited at our lovely new car, the blue Nash Ambassador. It cost £641. The number plate…
Ghanzi in 1952 “in years gone by” – caught on film!
This 9-minute silent film, taken in front of the Ghanzi government offices (the low white buildings with pillars), was taken…
Richard “Uppie” Upton recalls the mauling of a Bushman by a lion in Kang circa 1956
On Wednesday 7th November 1956 I was travelling in a 3-ton Lorry belonging to Mr Cecil Craill from Ghanzi to…
Ernest Midgley’s account of life in 1950s Ghanzi
For Ernest Midgley to be sent to Ghanzi to be District Commissioner in 1950 was with mixed feelings. This was…
Memories of life in the wilds of the Kalahari
Fay Pearson recalls life in Botswana during colonial times… Stanley was my brother Alan’s best friend at school. He was very…