The birthplace of modern Botswana

Lobatse's development has stalled in recent years
Lobatse's development has stalled in recent years

Amidst the substantial preparations towards Botswana’s Golden Jubilee, cities, towns and villages are aggressively preparing for the celebrations and each tell their own story about the road since 1966. The story about one of the country’s oldest towns and central node of its history remains untold. Mmegi Correspondent, TUMELO MOUWANE reports

Popularly known as  Bandleng, Lobatse is credited with giving birth to an economy, which would later prosper, from dust and hunger, to being called the “Jewel of Africa”.

After giving birth, the mother was left in the lurch to wallow in poverty and self-pity.

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