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She achieved this as a highly respected academic but, more fundamentally, as a key founder and activist of Reteng Multicultural Coalition and Kamanakao Association.Her advocacy incorporated international outreach at the UN and elsewhere alongside...

One of the last surviving greats of the Republic's founding generation, for over a century Dr Chiepe distinguished herself as an educator, administrator, diplomat, and politician. An accomplished woman of many firsts, she was the first Motswana...

As a Member of Parliament (MP) from 1965 until 1989, he represented the North East, later Tati West, constituency as a member of the Botswana People’s Party. Born in 1927, the late Nkhwa was also amongst our country’s last surviving World War II...

He also distinguished himself by working on various international assignments for the World Bank before returning to BOB's leadership and becoming the first chairman of the Botswana International Financial Services Centre. A man who personified...

Although he never was State President, he was a true tautona. Mourning his passing the ANC this week thus observed: “Comrade Dingake’s commitment to the cause of liberation was unwavering, despite enduring arrest, torture, and a lengthy...

Possession of guns, accompanied by the rapid adoption of new military and hunting tactics for their use, played a significant role in the reformation of local polities during the mid-19th century. The military and consequent political significance of...

Possession of guns, accompanied by the rapid adoption of new military and hunting tactics for their use, played a significant role in the reformation of local polities during the mid-19th century. By 1870, much of modern Botswana had as a result come...

He and his team arrived at Swakopmund on May 1, 1909, having left Dar es Salaam on August 10, 1907. While the journey of over 9,500 kilometres had taken nearly twice as long as had been originally anticipated, it was heralded as a major...

There is a tendency in any oral culture for traditions to compress events and personalities over time. What the folk memory does preserve is an enduring appreciation of common roots. In this context, the royal genealogies of many Sotho-Tswana merafe...

There they rendezvoused with Lt. Colonel Goold-Adams combined force of the British South Africa Company’s [BSACO] “Raaf’s Rangers” and Bechuanaland Border Police [BBP].Khama had led his men, who consisted of cavalry and infantry armed with...

We are the Dead. Short days ago We lived, felt dawn, saw sunset glow, Loved and were loved, and now we lie, In Flanders fields...” - Lieutenant-Colonel John McCrae (1915)Fellow fans of the English Premier League may have noticed the return of red...

Between 1953 and 1968 much of the information he gathered was published in eight paperbacks, known as the Tswana ‘tribes’ series. Unfortunately, all of these volumes are currently out of print.His immense effort resulted in additional...

In addition to being our country’s star diplomat at independence Z.K. was one of 20th century Africa’s intellectual giants. The long-term Vice-Chancellor of Fort Hare College, he acted as the mentor to the ANC Youth League (ANCYL) in the 1940s;...

Among his community's concerns was the fate of the Kgosi's four junior wives, whom he had agreed to put aside in keeping with the Christian injunction of monogamy. There was also a widespread fear that Sechele's conversion would...

They subsequently sold their timber rights to Chobe Concessions Ltd., which was active in the region from 1944 to 1956. Altogether a total of 6.8 million cubic feet of hardwood, notably Rhodesian mahogany and teak, was extracted from the concession...