If Gaborone were not the capital

In September 1960 Peter Fawcus, the British Resident Commissioner of the Bechuanaland Protectorate, set up a committee to advise where the ‘permanent legislative headquarters’ (it was yet to be understood that this automatically meant a new capital) should be located.

The following year, nine places were considered, namely, Lobatse, Manyana, Shashe, Bokaa, Mahalapye, Dibete, Tuli Block, Francistown and Gaborone. The committee recommended Gaborone to the Legislative Council.