That said, the anniversary does provide an opportunity for us to look at the architectural scene and to see how we started in 1966 and how we have ended up after those 49/50 years.
The government enclave in Gaborone is not a bad place at which to start with those three hugely contrasting ministerial blocks - that is the four protectorate designed buildings setting a decent standard with which to begin, leading on to Croce and Marshall and then of course to the latest generation of government buildings in the main CBD.