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332:April – The pula is valued at 5% above the rand.
202:becomes the first Motswana police commissioner.
18:Overview of the events of the 1970s in Botswana
662:. Princeton University Press. pp. 97–98.
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783:Historical Dictionary of Botswana
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315:as Botswana's official currency.
146:Botswana Development Corporation
701:. McGill-Queen's Press - MQUP.
627:List of Botswana-related topics
427:Zimbabwe African People's Union
521:, retired Botswanan footballer
452:1979 Botswana general election
436:July – Botswana co-founds the
358:referendum on electoral reform
261:1974 Botswana general election
1:
832:"Botswana profile - Timeline"
806:Mwakikagile, Godfrey (2009).
425:13 April – 14 members of the
371:Botswana Football Association
528:, Botswana former footballer
420:Gaborone–Francistown Highway
390:27 February – A skirmish at
808:Botswana Since Independence
290:diamonds are discovered in
244:Tribal Grazing Lands Policy
179:Non-Aligned Movement summit
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592:Bakwana Kgosidintsi Kgari
265:Botswana Democratic Party
693:Leith, J. Clark (2005).
555:Leetile Disang Raditladi
526:Agisanyang Mosimanegape
267:maintains its majority.
697:Why Botswana Prospered
433:by Rhodesian soldiers.
406:University of Botswana
337:Botswana Defence Force
514:, Botswana footballer
507:, Botswana footballer
495:, Botswana footballer
483:, Botswana footballer
471:, Botswana footballer
887:www.sahistory.org.za
810:. New Africa Press.
656:Dani Rodrik (2003).
637:Timeline of Botswana
307:is established. The
632:Outline of Botswana
622:History of Botswana
404:11 September – The
373:is affiliated with
858:"Who we are - BFA"
602:Ntebogang Ratshosa
576:Benjamin Steinberg
408:closes amid riots.
313:South African rand
237:Selebi-Phikwe mine
193:Orapa diamond mine
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429:are kidnapped in
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431:Francistown
387:, Botswana.
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166:July – The
129:(1966–1980)
119:(1966–1980)
1146:Categories
892:2020-06-08
868:2018-03-23
842:2023-09-17
643:References
491:28 July –
467:2 March –
399:Tuli Block
288:Kimberlite
107:Incumbents
25:Decades in
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985:1970–1979
980:1966–1969
940:Years in
590:16 May –
360:was held.
348:Ian Khama
113:President
975:Pre-1966
959:Timeline
942:Botswana
836:BBC News
616:See also
385:Gaborone
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954:History
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