Historic Botswana – YourBotswana

Symbol of freedom: Botswana opens Africa’s first Ukrainian poet Taras Shevchenko monument

Bamselle — Tue, 10 Mar 2026 16:00:12 +0000

10 March 2026 In the African country of Botswana, the first monument on the continent of Ukrainian poet Taras Shevchenko…

Botswana Successfully Launches First Satellite, BOTSAT-1

Bamselle — Mon, 17 Mar 2025 16:10:43 +0000

17 March 2025 Botswana’s first satellite, BOTSAT-1, was successfully launched aboard SpaceX’s Falcon 9—Transporter 13 rideshare mission on Saturday, March…

UK Minister for Africa visits Botswana’s Jwaneng Mine, highlights strategic partnership with Debswana

Bamselle — Tue, 21 Jan 2025 15:56:30 +0000

21 January 2025 In a significant diplomatic visit, Lord Collins of Highbury, the UK Minister for Africa, toured the Jwaneng…

Botswana’s new president hails ‘new dawn’ as sworn in

Bamselle — Fri, 08 Nov 2024 18:35:28 +0000

8 November 2024 Botswana swore in new president Duma Boko on Friday, cementing a whirlwind change of government after his…

1940s Kgalagari communities had pragmatic approach to “bogadi”

Bamselle — Wed, 04 Sep 2024 13:07:54 +0000

4 September 2024 It is something that would be frowned upon in 2020 but in the previous and possibly earlier…

President Masisi declares seven days of mourning for President Kaunda

Bamselle — Fri, 18 Jun 2021 17:57:02 +0000

His Excellency the President Dr Mokgweetsi Masisi has declared a seven-day mourning period in Botswana following the death of the…

BTC launches Botswana’s first ever telecommunications museum

Bamselle — Tue, 15 Jun 2021 18:36:20 +0000

The Botswana Telecommunications Corporation has celebrated its 40th anniversary with the launch of the inaugural telecommunications museum in Botswana. The…

Botswana and Zambia open $260m Kazungula bridge

Bamselle — Tue, 11 May 2021 14:18:02 +0000

Botswana and Zambia have opened the $260m Kazungula Bridge, which is set to help alleviate congestion at one of Africa’s…

Official opening of Kazungula Bridge and one-stop border post facilities scheduled for May 10

Bamselle — Sun, 02 May 2021 14:44:04 +0000

The official opening of the Kazungula Bridge and one-stop border post facilities is scheduled for the 10th May 2021, the…

Enterprising Batswana used wood ash to rid livestock of ticks

Bamselle — Mon, 05 Apr 2021 14:59:01 +0000

The firewood-ash midden at the entrance of a cattle kraal in the bye-gone era wasn’t exactly a plunge dip tank…

From glass beads to the Pula: A history of Botswana’s currency

Bamselle — Wed, 31 Mar 2021 16:57:55 +0000

The BWP (the Botswana pula) is one of the strongest and most stable currencies in Africa. Despite this, its value…

As Botswana celebrates its 54th year of Independence – a look at the country’s key events over the years

Bamselle — Wed, 30 Sep 2020 14:24:30 +0000

Botswana: a remarkable achievement, thanks to capitalism

Bamselle — Fri, 11 Sep 2020 11:04:21 +0000

Today, Botswana is not only prosperous but also relatively free. It offers its inhabitants the highest degree of freedom on…

Botswana’s queen-led Okavango Delta tribe few know about

Bamselle — Fri, 24 Apr 2020 11:29:08 +0000

The Culture Botswana 2.0 Facebook page is amazing at educating Batswana and the rest of the world about our people…

Memories of 1960s Maun: a boat regatta in the Swamps

Bamselle — Sun, 22 Mar 2020 12:06:45 +0000

The attached video is of some self-organised entertainment for the Maun resident’s, a boat regatta in the Swamps. There was…

Memories of 1960s Botswana: Leaving Paradise

Bamselle — Sun, 08 Mar 2020 10:01:04 +0000

On the way home for one holiday, we were close to the border on the South African side when we…

Challenges of life in 1960s Maun

Bamselle — Sun, 23 Feb 2020 10:26:16 +0000

There were many other challenges to living in Maun, probably best summed up by the neighbour who came around with…

Policing 1960s Botswana – a very different matter to Britain

Bamselle — Sun, 16 Feb 2020 09:05:57 +0000

My parents are British and were living in Yorkshire. My father was a policeman and my mother a school teacher.…

No story about Ngamiland is complete without a snake or crocodile story

Bamselle — Sun, 09 Feb 2020 10:21:55 +0000

The images attached are of snakes that were found in the garden; there is a long fat one and a…

Tale of two ladies and a VW Beetle who tried and failed to brave the rough terrain of 1960s Francistown-Maun highway

Bamselle — Sun, 26 Jan 2020 10:14:01 +0000

The images in this article are of a vehicle that the police had to recover while we were in Maun,…

Do you remember a time when Maun’s popular hangout spot, Backpackers had resident cheetahs?

Bamselle — Sun, 19 Jan 2020 13:12:09 +0000

This week, Ian Brooks, a resident of Maun for a time the 1960s, shares with us a memory of a…

Frantic San gentleman braves days’ journey on foot through a route fraught with danger to seek medical assistance for sick wife

Bamselle — Sun, 12 Jan 2020 11:26:54 +0000

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!

Bamselle — Sun, 29 Dec 2019 09:33:37 +0000

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

Bamselle — Sun, 22 Dec 2019 10:47:38 +0000

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

Bamselle — Sun, 08 Dec 2019 12:34:16 +0000

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

Bamselle — Sun, 24 Nov 2019 11:23:13 +0000

The pictures featured are of the construction of the ‘old’ Maun bridge. I’m sure you will recognise it from the…