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1 October. Botswana Day Holiday. Celebrates economic and social achievements of workers. 25 December. Christmas Day. Celebrates the Nativity of Jesus . 26 December. Boxing Day. Celebrated on the day following Christmas Day, when servants and tradesmen would traditionally receive gifts known as a "Christmas box" from their masters, employers or ...
Independence Day is commonly associated with fireworks, parades, fairs, picnics, concerts, family reunions, and political speeches and ceremonies, in addition to various other public and private events celebrating the history, government, and traditions of Botswana. Independence Day is the National Day of Botswana.
This is a collection of articles about holidays celebrated only, or primarily, in Botswana. For more widely celebrated holidays, see Category:Holidays . The main article for this category is Public holidays in Botswana .
Presidents' Day is a holiday in Botswana. Since 2006, it has been a one-day holiday held on Third Monday and Tuesday in July. [1] Previous to that, it was a two-day holiday, held on Monday and Tuesday Third in July, but the Public Holidays Amendment of 2006 [2] modified the holiday to a single day. Nevertheless, many public and private ...
General elections were held in Botswana on 23 October 2019 to elect MPs and local government councillors. Despite a high profile split in the ruling Botswana Democratic Party (BDP) in May 2019 when former President Ian Khama left the party and switched his support to the new Botswana Patriotic Front, the BDP's vote share increased to almost 53% as the party won 38 of the 57 elected seats in ...
Botswana, [c] officially the Republic of Botswana, [d] is a landlocked country in Southern Africa. Botswana is topographically flat, with approximately 70 percent of its territory being the Kalahari Desert. It is bordered by South Africa to the south and southeast, Namibia to the west and north, Zambia to the north and Zimbabwe to the northeast.
Tourists at Sedudu Island. Hippos and elephants in Chobe. Botswana 's principal tourist attractions are its game reserves, with hunting and photographic safaris available. Other attractions include the Okavango Delta [1] region, which during the rainy season is a maze of waterways, islands, and lakes. [2] The tourism industry also helped to ...
Politics of Botswana. General and local elections were held in Botswana on 24 October 2014. [1] The result was an eleventh straight victory for the Botswana Democratic Party, which won 37 of the 57 elected seats. Incumbent President Ian Khama was sworn in for a second term on 28 October.