George Fleming (1801-79)

As readers may recall, the earliest known African American visitor to Botswana was the pioneer trader explorer George Fleming.

Between 1849 and 1856 he accompanied David Livingstone, William Cotton Oswell and others on four pioneering expeditions to Ngamiland and the Zambezi.

Recently this author was able to locate Fleming’s death certificate, which confirmed that he passed away on the 28th of August 1879 at the age of 78 in the Cape Town home of a certain Mr. Charles Claremont.

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It highlights the need to protect rights such as access to clean water, education, healthcare and freedom of expression.President Duma Boko, rightly honours past interventions from securing a dignified burial for Gaoberekwe Pitseng in the CKGR to promoting linguistic inclusion. Yet, they also expose a critical truth, that a nation cannot sustainably protect its people through ad hoc acts of compassion alone.It is time for both government and the...

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