Khama Recognises Botswana�s Founding Fathers

Botswana gained Independence in 1966, and was regarded as one of the poorest countries in the world at the time. Khama’s father, Seretse Khama became the country’s founding president.

In his message on the country’s 51 years of independence, Khama said the founding fathers laid a good foundation for the country’s accomplishments in the last five decades that saw Botswana develop from a very poor, least developed country, to attain upper middle-income status.