Volume 65 December 2026-January 2026 : Heritage
Gaborone Trinity Church - A Brilliant But Brief Flowering
With Independence in 1966 came a new country, a new capital and a new kind of society. The way that...
The Gaberones Crown Reserve and Its Adjoining Area in 1906
It may be claimed that little can be learnt from a map of an area which, until fairly recently, comprised...The Origins of Modern Gaborone
The area of Gaborone was first settled in when Kgosi (Chief) Gaborone led his tribe of Batlokwa people in the 1880s. They named the first settlement Tlokweng (place of the Tlokwa people). A colonial fort was set up in a...
The Country’s Transport Heritage
In many parts of the world changes that have occurred in its forms of transport have been dramatic. Most have...The Serowe Riot of 1952
It is generally believed that the 85 year protectorate period was characterized by its peaceful nature, a pliant people, an obliging, easy going British administration and by an almost total absence of any distinguishing event. All generalizations contain some element of...
The 1966 BDP Conference in Mochudi
The Botswana Democratic Party (BDP) conference in 1966, the year of Independence, was held at the old community centre in...Houses of Dikgosi (3) Serowe
The Bangwato under Khama III moved from Old Palapye to Serowe in 1902 and the first buildings there, amongst them, Khama’s new home, would have dated from that time. I have never been certain, however, about the nature of this...
The day the Boers Occupied Gaborone and Lobatse
In 1895 the three Dikgosi made their famous trip to the United Kingdom to try and ward off Cecil Rhodes...
The 1947 Royal Visit to Lobatse
On the 17th February 1947, the very beautiful Royal Navy battleship, HMS Vanguard (I have an illustration of it on... [ 10-18 OF 24 ]
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