https://yourbotswana.com Our Botswana is Your Botswana Thu, 23 May 2024 07:58:46 +0000 en-GB hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9.4 https://yourbotswana.com/as-botswana-celebrates-its-54th-year-of-independence-a-look-at-the-countrys-key-events-over-the-years/ https://yourbotswana.com/as-botswana-celebrates-its-54th-year-of-independence-a-look-at-the-countrys-key-events-over-the-years/#respond Wed, 30 Sep 2020 14:24:30 +0000 http://yourbotswana.com/?p=11744 https://yourbotswana.com/as-botswana-celebrates-its-54th-year-of-independence-a-look-at-the-countrys-key-events-over-the-years/feed/ 0 https://yourbotswana.com/challenges-of-life-in-1960s-maun/ https://yourbotswana.com/challenges-of-life-in-1960s-maun/#comments Sun, 23 Feb 2020 10:26:16 +0000 http://yourbotswana.com/?p=10307

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

There were many other challenges to living in Maun, probably best summed up by the neighbour who came around with…]]> https://yourbotswana.com/challenges-of-life-in-1960s-maun/feed/ 3 https://yourbotswana.com/policing-1960s-botswana-a-very-different-matter-to-britain/ https://yourbotswana.com/policing-1960s-botswana-a-very-different-matter-to-britain/#respond Sun, 16 Feb 2020 09:05:57 +0000 http://yourbotswana.com/?p=10263

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

My parents are British and were living in Yorkshire. My father was a policeman and my mother a school teacher.…]]> https://yourbotswana.com/policing-1960s-botswana-a-very-different-matter-to-britain/feed/ 0 https://yourbotswana.com/do-you-remember-a-time-when-mauns-popular-hangout-spot-backpackers-had-resident-cheetahs/ https://yourbotswana.com/do-you-remember-a-time-when-mauns-popular-hangout-spot-backpackers-had-resident-cheetahs/#respond Sun, 19 Jan 2020 13:12:09 +0000 http://yourbotswana.com/?p=10005

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

This week, Ian Brooks, a resident of Maun for a time the 1960s, shares with us a memory of a…]]> https://yourbotswana.com/do-you-remember-a-time-when-mauns-popular-hangout-spot-backpackers-had-resident-cheetahs/feed/ 0 https://yourbotswana.com/frantic-san-gentleman-braves-days-journey-on-foot-through-a-route-fraught-with-danger-to-seek-medical-assistance-for-sick-wife/ https://yourbotswana.com/frantic-san-gentleman-braves-days-journey-on-foot-through-a-route-fraught-with-danger-to-seek-medical-assistance-for-sick-wife/#respond Sun, 12 Jan 2020 11:26:54 +0000 http://yourbotswana.com/?p=9933

The photograph is of a San gentleman. My father won an award for this photograph; he chose to develop it…]]>

The photograph is of a San gentleman. My father won an award for this photograph; he chose to develop it…]]> https://yourbotswana.com/frantic-san-gentleman-braves-days-journey-on-foot-through-a-route-fraught-with-danger-to-seek-medical-assistance-for-sick-wife/feed/ 0 https://yourbotswana.com/travelling-on-1960s-maun-francistown-highway-was-not-for-the-faint-of-heart/ https://yourbotswana.com/travelling-on-1960s-maun-francistown-highway-was-not-for-the-faint-of-heart/#comments Sun, 29 Dec 2019 09:33:37 +0000 http://yourbotswana.com/?p=9859

The video clip above shows a stretch of the legendary Maun to Francistown highway in the 1960s. The stretch from…]]>

The video clip above shows a stretch of the legendary Maun to Francistown highway in the 1960s. The stretch from…]]> https://yourbotswana.com/travelling-on-1960s-maun-francistown-highway-was-not-for-the-faint-of-heart/feed/ 3 https://yourbotswana.com/memories-of-maun-village-life-as-it-was-in-1960s-botswana/ https://yourbotswana.com/memories-of-maun-village-life-as-it-was-in-1960s-botswana/#comments Sun, 22 Dec 2019 10:47:38 +0000 http://yourbotswana.com/?p=9832

This week we bring you images and a video depicting various scenes in and around Maun in 1960s Botswana. All…]]>

This week we bring you images and a video depicting various scenes in and around Maun in 1960s Botswana. All…]]> https://yourbotswana.com/memories-of-maun-village-life-as-it-was-in-1960s-botswana/feed/ 1 https://yourbotswana.com/camping-under-the-open-skies-of-tsodilo-hills-where-the-lions-roamed-free-early-1960s/ https://yourbotswana.com/camping-under-the-open-skies-of-tsodilo-hills-where-the-lions-roamed-free-early-1960s/#respond Sun, 08 Dec 2019 12:34:16 +0000 http://yourbotswana.com/?p=9741

The images above (taken by my father, Donald Brooks) are of the ‘Bushmen’ paintings at the Tsodilo Hills. These images…]]>

The images above (taken by my father, Donald Brooks) are of the ‘Bushmen’ paintings at the Tsodilo Hills. These images…]]> https://yourbotswana.com/camping-under-the-open-skies-of-tsodilo-hills-where-the-lions-roamed-free-early-1960s/feed/ 0 https://yourbotswana.com/memories-of-a-time-gone-by-the-1960s-botswana-series/ https://yourbotswana.com/memories-of-a-time-gone-by-the-1960s-botswana-series/#comments Sun, 10 Nov 2019 11:44:24 +0000 http://yourbotswana.com/?p=9482 https://yourbotswana.com/memories-of-a-time-gone-by-the-1960s-botswana-series/feed/ 1 https://yourbotswana.com/memories-of-botswana-and-an-enduring-friendship-with-one-isaac-motsusi/ https://yourbotswana.com/memories-of-botswana-and-an-enduring-friendship-with-one-isaac-motsusi/#comments Sun, 12 May 2019 11:49:12 +0000 http://yourbotswana.com/?p=7962

Isaac came to work for my family in Francistown when he will have been a mere teenager, in 1949 (mainly…]]>

Isaac came to work for my family in Francistown when he will have been a mere teenager, in 1949 (mainly…]]> https://yourbotswana.com/memories-of-botswana-and-an-enduring-friendship-with-one-isaac-motsusi/feed/ 1 https://yourbotswana.com/re-living-memories-of-1947-francistown/ https://yourbotswana.com/re-living-memories-of-1947-francistown/#respond Sun, 14 Apr 2019 16:20:38 +0000 http://yourbotswana.com/?p=7625

We were all so excited at our lovely new car, the blue Nash Ambassador. It cost £641.  The number plate…]]>

We were all so excited at our lovely new car, the blue Nash Ambassador. It cost £641.  The number plate…]]> https://yourbotswana.com/re-living-memories-of-1947-francistown/feed/ 0 https://yourbotswana.com/richard-uppie-upton-recalls-the-mauling-of-a-bushman-by-a-lion-in-kang-circa-1956/ https://yourbotswana.com/richard-uppie-upton-recalls-the-mauling-of-a-bushman-by-a-lion-in-kang-circa-1956/#respond Sun, 07 Apr 2019 15:44:10 +0000 http://yourbotswana.com/?p=7569

On Wednesday 7th November 1956 I was travelling in a 3-ton Lorry belonging to Mr Cecil Craill from Ghanzi to…]]>

On Wednesday 7th November 1956 I was travelling in a 3-ton Lorry belonging to Mr Cecil Craill from Ghanzi to…]]> https://yourbotswana.com/richard-uppie-upton-recalls-the-mauling-of-a-bushman-by-a-lion-in-kang-circa-1956/feed/ 0 https://yourbotswana.com/ernest-midgleys-account-of-life-in-1950s-ghanzi/ https://yourbotswana.com/ernest-midgleys-account-of-life-in-1950s-ghanzi/#respond Sun, 31 Mar 2019 13:29:06 +0000 http://yourbotswana.com/?p=7503

For Ernest Midgley to be sent to Ghanzi to be District Commissioner in 1950 was with mixed feelings. This was…]]>

For Ernest Midgley to be sent to Ghanzi to be District Commissioner in 1950 was with mixed feelings. This was…]]> https://yourbotswana.com/ernest-midgleys-account-of-life-in-1950s-ghanzi/feed/ 0 https://yourbotswana.com/52-years-of-independence-52-cool-facts-about-botswana/ https://yourbotswana.com/52-years-of-independence-52-cool-facts-about-botswana/#comments Sun, 30 Sep 2018 20:02:28 +0000 http://yourbotswana.com/?p=5910 https://yourbotswana.com/52-years-of-independence-52-cool-facts-about-botswana/feed/ 1 https://yourbotswana.com/sir-seretse-khama-botswanas-first-president/ https://yourbotswana.com/sir-seretse-khama-botswanas-first-president/#respond Sun, 02 Jul 2017 15:16:26 +0000 http://yourbotswana.com/?p=2361

With Sir Ketumile Masire’s passing, the period of mourning and his burial, naturally, Batswana’s emotions are still raw. Perhaps that…]]>

With Sir Ketumile Masire’s passing, the period of mourning and his burial, naturally, Batswana’s emotions are still raw. Perhaps that…]]> https://yourbotswana.com/sir-seretse-khama-botswanas-first-president/feed/ 0