The Bechuanaland Protectorate (/ˌbɛtʃuˈɑːnəlænd/) was a protectorate established on 31 March 1885 in Southern Africa by the United Kingdom. It became the... 27 KB (2,586 words) - 15:56, 21 March 2024 |
British Bechuanaland was a short-lived Crown colony of the United Kingdom that existed in southern Africa from its formation on 30 September 1885 until... 6 KB (463 words) - 09:04, 9 March 2024 |
Ruth Williams Khama (section Arrival in Bechuanaland) newspapers advocated invading Bechuanaland if the "White Queen" was permitted to stay. Ruth's arrival in Bechuanaland in August 1949 coincided with the... 23 KB (2,738 words) - 06:49, 12 December 2023 |
influential royal family of what was then the British protectorate of Bechuanaland, he was educated abroad in the neighbouring country of South Africa and... 32 KB (3,343 words) - 21:29, 16 March 2024 |
History of Botswana (section Bechuanaland Protectorate) jurisdiction over the territory of present-day Botswana, naming it the Bechuanaland Protectorate. It did so in apprehension of the expansion of German colonies... 56 KB (7,579 words) - 07:12, 27 April 2024 |
Langeberg Rebellion (1896–97) (redirect from Bechuanaland Campaign (1896–97)) The Langeberg Rebellion of 1896–97, also known as Ntwa ya Bana ba Mokgothu in SeTswana, was a war of resistance waged by two Tswana groups: the Batlhaping... 2 KB (193 words) - 14:02, 13 February 2024 |
Botswana Democratic Party (redirect from Bechuanaland Democratic Party) The Botswana Democratic Party (abbr. BDP; Tswana: Phathi ya Tomokoraga) is the governing party in Botswana. Its chairman is the Vice-President of Botswana... 16 KB (1,289 words) - 12:25, 20 April 2024 |
Bechuanaland and dissolving Stellaland and Goshen. Bechuanaland was proclaimed a British protectorate, with Mafeking as the capital. But Bechuanaland... 21 KB (1,783 words) - 17:25, 6 April 2024 |
Coat of arms of Botswana (redirect from Coat of arms of Bechuanaland) by Isabel Fawcus, whose husband Peter Fawcus was the Commissioner of Bechuanaland in 1960–65, and Shiela England. The three waves symbolize water, and... 5 KB (447 words) - 00:51, 15 December 2023 |
Botswana People's Party (redirect from Bechuanaland People's Party) The Botswana People's Party (BPP), originally the Bechuanaland People's Party, is a political party in Botswana formed in December 1960 during the colonial... 9 KB (695 words) - 22:36, 5 September 2023 |
The Bechuanaland Expedition or Warren Expedition, of late 1884/1885, was a British military expedition to the Tswana country, to assert British sovereignty... 5 KB (477 words) - 03:06, 9 June 2023 |
Botswana includes its pre-state history, its colonial period as the Bechuanaland Protectorate, and its modern history as a sovereign state. c. 73000 BCE... 38 KB (4,040 words) - 23:49, 17 March 2024 |
The British Bechuanaland Government Gazette was the government gazette of British Bechuanaland. It was published between 1887 and 1895, after which British... 911 bytes (64 words) - 21:57, 3 March 2023 |
Bechuanaland first issued revenue stamps as Stellaland in 1884. Note: this information is wrong. Bechuanaland was split into British Bechuanaland and... 4 KB (495 words) - 14:55, 4 December 2018 |
of Bechuanaland Protectorate. The first Bechuanaland Protectorate postage stamps were produced in 1888 by overprinting stamps of British Bechuanaland (some... 4 KB (468 words) - 15:26, 13 February 2024 |
This is a list of the commissioners of the Bechuanaland Protectorate, which gained full independence as Botswana in 1966. From 1885 to 1891 the post was... 8 KB (163 words) - 15:41, 21 January 2024 |
of British Bechuanaland. For many months, starting in 1883, pressure was placed on the British Government to do something in Bechuanaland because of unrest... 7 KB (931 words) - 23:13, 23 September 2023 |
Vehicle registration plates of Botswana (section Republic of Botswana and Bechuanaland Protectorate) Vehicle registration plates of Botswana for normal motor vehicles begin with the letter B, followed by three digits, followed by three letters. The digits... 3 KB (251 words) - 10:32, 24 June 2023 |
throne of the Bangwato Tribe in Serowe – one of many tribes found in then Bechuanaland Protectorate – with his wife Ruth Williams Khama. David Oyelowo and Rosamund... 20 KB (1,800 words) - 02:30, 28 February 2024 |
working as a traveling salesman along the railways being built through Bechuanaland and Rhodesia, Sonnenberg opened a grocery in Bulawayo in 1898. After... 6 KB (822 words) - 08:32, 20 April 2024 |
the Bechuanaland Civil Servants' Association after joining the civil service in 1949. Tsoebebe was a prominent political figure of the Bechuanaland Protectorate... 4 KB (449 words) - 21:50, 25 April 2024 |
them to annex Bechuanaland into their union. This did not occur due to widespread opposition from the Batswana people, and Bechuanaland gained independence... 8 KB (649 words) - 00:11, 15 April 2024 |
Bechuanaland National Airways was the national airline of the Bechuanaland Protectorate and was based in Francistown. The airline was formed on 1 October... 4 KB (294 words) - 14:09, 3 November 2023 |