The following lists events that happened during the 1970s in Botswana.

Incumbents

Events

1970

  • The Botswana Development Corporation is established.[2]:95
  • Botswana establishes diplomatic relations with the Soviet Union.[3]
  • January – The power to allocate tribal land is transferred from the kgosis to independent land boards under the Tribal Land Act.[3]
  • 6 March – Botswana establishes diplomatic relations with Czechoslovakia.[3]
  • July – The Ministry of Finance and Development Planning is established.[3]
  • September – President Seretse goes to Lusaka to speak at the Non-Aligned Movement summit.[3]

1971

  • 1 July – The Orapa diamond mine is established.[3]
  • 1 September – Simon Hirshfeldt becomes the first Motswana police commissioner.[3]

1972

  • March – Botswana becomes financially independent from the United Kingdom.[3]

1973

  • 15 January – Botswana sends its first citizen to train in the diamond industry in the United Kingdom.[3]
  • 15 January – The Agricultural Resources (Conservation) Act is passed.[3]

1974

  • The Selebi-Phikwe mine opens.[4]:22
  • The Tribal Grazing Lands Policy is established.[2]:67
  • January – The Botswana Agricultural Market Board is established.[3]
  • March – Botswana ends its recognition of the Republic of China, instead recognizing the People's Republic of China.[3]
  • 26 October – The 1974 Botswana general election is held. The Botswana Democratic Party maintains its majority.[3]

1975

  • Botswana increases its governmental stake in Debswana to 50%.[3]

1976

1977

  • January – The United Nations passes a resolution demanding that Rhodesian forces end their hostilities along the Botswana–Rhodesia border.[5]
  • April – The pula is valued at 5% above the rand.[3]
  • 15 April – The Botswana Defence Force is established.[3]
  • 19 April – Mompati Merafhe and Ian Khama are appointed commander and deputy commander of the Botswana Defence Force, respectively.[3]
  • October – Four people are arrested as they travel through Botswana to serve in the military in Rhodesia.[3]
  • 4 October - A referendum on electoral reform was held.

1978

1979

Births

Deaths

See also

References

  1. Dani Rodrik (2003). In search of prosperity: analytic narratives on economic growth. Princeton University Press. pp. 97–98. ISBN 978-0-691-09269-0. Retrieved 9 May 2013.
  2. 1 2 Leith, J. Clark (2005). Why Botswana Prospered. McGill-Queen's Press - MQUP. ISBN 978-0-7735-7241-6.
  3. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 Morton, Barry; Ramsay, Jeff (2018). Historical Dictionary of Botswana (5th ed.). Rowman & Littlefield. pp. xxxiv–xxxv. ISBN 978-1-5381-1133-8.
  4. Mwakikagile, Godfrey (2009). Botswana Since Independence. New Africa Press. ISBN 978-0-9802587-8-3.
  5. "Botswana profile - Timeline". BBC News. 2017-09-20. Retrieved 2023-09-17.
  6. Admin, BFA. "Who we are - BFA". Archived from the original on 2018-03-24. Retrieved 2018-03-23.
  7. "Medu Art Ensemble | South African History Online". www.sahistory.org.za. Retrieved 2020-06-08.
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