• Source: Timeline of Botswana

The History of Botswana includes its pre-state history, its colonial period as the Bechuanaland Protectorate, and its modern history as a sovereign state.




Pre-statehood






= Early history

=
c. 73000 BCE – Humans settle in present-day Botswana.: xxiii 
c. 1000 – Ancestors of the Kalanga people and the Sotho-Tswana peoples migrate to present-day Botswana.: xxiii 
c. 1400 – Ancestors of the Kgalagadi people and Yeyi people migrate to present-day Botswana.: xxiii 
c. 1450 – The Kingdom of Butua is established by the Chibundule dynasty of the Kalanga people.: xxiii 
c. 1500 – Ancestors of the Tswana people, Subia people, Birwa people, and Pedi people migrate to present-day Botswana.: xxiii 
c. 1650 – Ancestors of the Kwena people migrate to present-day Botswana.: xxiii 
c. 1680 – Nichasike overthrows the Chinbundule dynasty and seizes power in the Kingdom of Butua.: xxiii 
c. 1730 – The Ngwaketse people split from the Kwena people.: xxiii 
c. 1750 – The Ngwato people split from the Kwena people.: xxiii 
c. 1795 – The Tawana people split from the Ngwato people.: xxiii 




= 19th century

=
1824
July – Robert Moffat of the London Missionary Society makes contact with the Ngwaketse people.: xxiii 
1825 – Sebetwane of the Kololo people leads attacks against the Kwena and Ngwaketse peoples.: xxiii 
1826
28 August – Sebego I of the Ngwaketse people defeats the Kololo people at Dithubaruba.: xxiii 
c. 1828 – The Kingdom of Butua defeats the Ngwato people at Matopos.: xxiii 
1835 – The Kololo people defeat the Tawana people.: xxiv 
1841
July – David Livingstone of the London Missionary Society begins missionary work among the Tswana people.: xxiv 
1842 – The Northern Ndebele people of present-day Zimbabwe attack the Kwena people, Kgafela Kgatla, and Ngwato people. Macheng, heir to the Ngwato chiefdom, is taken prisoner.: xxiv 
1844
The Ngwato people use firearms to repel the Northern Ndebele people at Shoshong.: xxiv 
Two rival groups emerge among the Ngwaketse people after the death of Sebego I.: xxiv 
1848
1 October – David Livingstone baptises Sechele I of the Kwena people, who becomes head of the local church.: xxiv 
1852
The Batswana–Boer War begins.: xxiv 
The Tlôkwa people, Lete people, Hurutshe people, Mmanaana Kgatla, and Rolong people migrate to present-day Botswana.: xxiv 
30 August – The Kwena people repel an invasion by the Transvaal Republic in the Battle of Dimawe.: xxv 
1853
January – Transvaal and the Kwena people come to a peace agreement. The Kwena people carry out guerrilla warfare for another three years.: xxv 
June – The Ngwaketse people rejoin under the joint leadership of Gaseitsiwe and Senthufe.: xxv 
1857
Gaseitsiwe overthrows Senthufe and takes control of the Ngwaketse people.: xxv 
16 July – Lutheran missionaries begin evangelising to the Kwena people.: xxv 
November – Robert Moffat negotiates the release of Macheng. Sechele I makes him kgosi of the Ngwato people.: xxv 
1859
April – Sechele I has Macheng overthrown and makes Sekgoma I the kgosi of the Ngwato people.: xxv 
1863
March – The Ngwato people repel another attack by the Northern Ndebele people at Shoshong.: xxv 
1866
May – Macheng is reinstated as kgosi of the Ngwato people replacing Sekgoma I.: xxv 
1867
4 December – The Tati Goldfields are discovered by Karl Mauch, causing a gold rush over the next two years.: xxv 
1870
April – Transvaal military leader Harklaas Malan captures Kgamanyane, kgosi of the Kgafela Kgatla, and publicly whips him.: xxvi 
November – The Kgatla people join the Kwena people under the rule of Sechele I.: xxvi 
1871
May – Mochudi is founded when the Kgatla people migrate to the Kingdom of Kwena.: 35 : xxvi 
1872
29 August – Macheng is banished from Shoshong in an effort organised by Khama III.: xxvi 
1873
January – Sekgoma I returns as kgosi of the Ngwato people.: xxvi 
January – A schism occurs between brothers Khama III, a Christian, and Kgamane, who joined and renounced Christianity. Khama III flees to Serowe.: xxvi 
1875
Khama III overthrows Sekgoma I and becomes kgosi of the Ngwato people.: xxvi 
11 August – The Kgafela people win the first battle of the Kwena–Kgafela War against the Kwena people in Mochudi.: xxvi 
November – The Kwena people win a battle against the Kgatla people in Thamaga.: xxvi 
1876
July – The Kwena people win a battle against the Kgatla people in Molepolole.: xxvi 
August – In response to the Dorsland Trek, Khama III requests British protection of the region.: xxvi 
1877 – The Dorsland Trek migrates through present-day Botswana.: xxvi 
1881
November – Ikaneng leads the Lete people in repelling an invasion.: xxvi 
1883 – The Kwena–Kgafela War ends. The Rolong, Ngwaketse, Kwena, and Kgatla peoples form a defense pact.: xxvi 
1884 – The Tawana people repel an invasion of Khutiyabasadi by the Northern Ndebele people.: xxvi 




Bechuanaland Protectorate (1885–1966)






= 1885–1889

=
1885
27 January – The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland declares a protectorate over the Tswana people during the Berlin Conference, creating the Bechuanaland Protectorate.: xxvi 
1887
May – The Ngwato people and British police expel the Seleka people from Ngwapa to Transvaal.: xxvii 
1889
5 February – Tswana leaders denounce Khama III's decision to invite British rule.: xxvii 
October – The British South Africa Company is granted a charter that will allow operation in the Bechuanaland Protectorate.: xxvii 




= 1890–1899

=
1890
The United Kingdom places the Bechuanaland Protectorate under the Foreign Jurisdictions Act.: xxvii 
The United Kingdom extends the Bechuanaland Protectorate to the Chobe River.
1891
9 May – Sekgoma Letsholathebe becomes regent of the Tswana people in place of Khama III.: xxvii 
1892
January – The first of the Ngwato people enrol at Lovedale College.: xxvii 
September – Sechele I dies. He is succeeded as kgosi of the Kwena people by Sebele I.: xxvii 
September – Kgosi Mosinyi II of the Kaa people dies, causing a succession crisis.: xxvii 
1893
October – The British South Africa Company, British police, and the Ngwato people attack and conquer the Northern Ndebele people.: xxvii 
1894
January – Sekgoma Letsholathebe leads an attack on the Caprivi Strip to steal slaves and cattle.: xxvii 
October – The United Kingdom reorganises territorial allotment in the Bechuanaland Protectorate to favour Khama III.: xxvii 
1895 – The United Kingdom splits the Bechuanaland Protectorate, merging the southern British Bechuanaland with Cape Colony, which would become present-day South Africa.: 17  Tswana chiefs and British missionaries form a coalition to speak against further absorption of Tswana tribes into Cape colony.: 23 
1896 – The 1890s African rinderpest epizootic reaches the Bechuanaland Protectorate, killing 90% of the protectorate's cattle and causing a years-long famine.: xxviii 
1897
Francistown is founded.
October – Khama III exiles his heir, Sekgoma Khama.: xxviii 
19 October – The Mahikeng–Bulawayo Railroad finishes construction.: xxviii 
1898 – Samuel Moroka leads his followers to settle in Tati.: xxviii 
1899
The borders of Batswana reserves are defined.: xxviii 
April – The United Kingdom imposes a hut tax on the protectorate.: xxviii 
25 November – The Kgafela Kgatla win a battle against Boers at Derdepoort at the beginning of the Second Boer War.: xxviii 




= 1900–1909

=
1901
27 April – Koranta ea Becoana is founded as the first Batswana-owned newspaper.: xxviii 
1903
The capital of the Mangwato tribe moves from Phalatswe to Serowe.: 29–30 
The Herero people and the Nama people begin migrating to the protectorate from German South West Africa to escape the Herero and Namaqua genocide.: xxviii 
1905
29 March – Tiger Kloof Native Institution opens as a secondary school.: xxviii 
1906
12 June – The protectorate's resident commissioner overthrows and imprisons regent Tawana kgosi Sekgoma Letsholathebe.: xxviii 
1909
Several Tswana tribes are made part of the newly formed Union of South Africa.: 23  The United Kingdom confirms that the Bechuanaland Protectorate will not be merged into the union.: 18 
Rudolf Pöch produces the first film recording of present-day Botswana.: xxix 




= 1910–1919

=
1910
1 July – Ngwaketse kgosi Bathoen I dies.: xxix 
1911
23 January – Kwena kgosi Sebele I dies, causing a succession crisis.: xxix 
April – Sekgoma Letsholathebe is released from prison.: xxix 
1914 – The protectorate joins World War I with the United Kingdom, sending soldiers to France, East Africa, and Namibia.: xxix 
1915
Maun is founded as the capital of the Batawana tribe.: 39 
Bobonong is founded as the capital of the Birwa tribe.: xxix 
Thousands of the Rolong people migrate from South Africa to Tati.: xxix 
1916
May – The Kwena Tribal Council is formed to govern the Kwena people.: xxix 
18 June – Moeapitso kills his brother Seepapitso II.: xxix 
November – The resident commissioner disbands the Kwena Tribal Council.: xxix 
1918
The Spanish flu reaches the Bechuanaland Protectorate.: xxix 
12 February – Kwena kgosi Sechele II dies. He is succeeded by Sebele II.: xxix 
1919
July – The Native Advisory Council is established.: xxix 
1920
2 March – The European Advisory Council is established.: xxix 
24 December – The Birwa people are expelled from the Tuli Block and sent to Bobonong.: xxix 




= 1920–1929

=
1923
21 February – Mangwato kgosi Khama III dies.: xxx 
1926
19 January – Tshekedi Khama becomes regent kgosi of the Mangwato tribe.: xxx 
1928
April – Bathoen II becomes kgosi of the Ngwaketse tribe.: xxx 
1929
November – Molefi becomes kgosi of the Kgafela Kgatla, replacing regent Isang Pilane.: xxx 




= 1930–1939

=
1930 – Charles Rey is appointed resident commissioner of the protectorate.: xxx 
1931
7 May – Charles Rey overthrows Kwena kgosi Sebele II and banishes him to Ghanzi.: xxx 
1933
8 April – Kgosi Gobuamang surrenders to the British.: xxx 
August – Charles Rey suspends Ngwato regent Tshekedi Khama after he has a European flogged.: xxx 
1936
30 October – Charles Rey suspends Kgafela Kgatla kgosi Molefi and reinstates regent Isang Pilane.: xxx 
1937 – Charles Rey ends his tenure as resident commissioner. He is replaced by Charles Arden-Clarke.: xxx 
1939 – The protectorate enters World War II, with 10,000 Batswana serving in the African Auxiliary Pioneer Corps.: xxxi 




= 1940–1949

=
1941 – Kgafela Kgatla regent Isang Pilane dies.: xxxi 
1942 – Kgafela Kgatla regent Mmusi joins the African Auxiliary Pioneer Corps, and the Zion Christian Church establishes a ruling council over Kgafela Kgatla.: xxxi 
1944 – Naledi Ya Batswana begins publication through government subsidies.: xxxi 
1945
Moremi III is suspended as kgosi of the Tawana people.: xxxi 
Molefi is restored as kgosi of Kgafela Kgatla.: xxxi 
1946
Tawana kgosi Moremi III dies.: xxxi 
1947
February – Elizabeth Pulane Moremi is appointed as the Tawana regent.: xxxi 
September – The Ngwato people attack the village led by John Nswazwi, forcing him to flee the protectorate.: xxxi 
1948 – Seretse Khama, heir to the Mangwato tribe, controversially marries Ruth Williams, a white British woman.: 18  The United Kingdom banishes Khama from the Bechuanaland Protectorate.: 26 
1949
25 June – The Mangwato tribe endorses the marriage of Seretse Khama and Ruth Williams during a kgotla. Regent Tshekedi Khama, who did not wish to endorse the marriage, leaves the tribe.: xxxi : 26 
6 December – The Bechuanaland Protectorate takes direct control over the Ngwato tribe rather than allowing Sertse Khama to rule.: xxxi 




= 1950–1959

=
1951
20 September – Tawana secretary Leetile Disang Raditladi is escorted out of Ngamiland by gunmen.: xxxii 
1952
The Bamangwato National Congress forms to represent Seretse Khama.: xxxii  Riots take place in protest of his exile.
11 September – A 6.1 magnitude earthquake occurs in Botswana.
11 October – A 6.7 magnitude earthquake occurs in Botswana.
1953
13 May – Rasebolai Kgamane is placed in charge of the Ngwato Reserve.: xxxii 
1956
Seretse Khama is permitted to return to Botswana after renouncing his claim to the Ngwato tribe.: 19  Seretse Khama and Tshekedi Khama both renounce their claims in favour of creating the Ngwato Tribal Council that limits the kgosi. Similar councils were adopted by other tribes soon afterward.: 26 
9 October – Rasebolai Kgamane becomes the Ngwato kgosi.: xxxii 
1957
September – Elections are held to create democratic local councils.: xxxii 
1958
The first tarred road in Botswana is paved in Lobatse.: 40 
British advisory councils request the creation of a legislature for the protectorate.: 26 
1959
Copper mines are created in the Bechuanaland Protectorate.
April – The Bechuanaland Protectorate Federal Party is established by Leetile Disang Raditladi.: xxxii 
2 June – Bamangwato Concessions Limited is founded by Tshekedi Khama and Rhodesian Selection Trust.: xxxii 
June – Tshekedi Khama dies.: xxxii 




= 1960–1966

=
1960
6 December – The Bechuanaland People's Party is founded by Mpho and K. T. Motsete.: xxxii 
1961
A provisional constitution comes into effect for the Bechuanaland Protectorate.: 26  Seretse Khama is appointed to the executive council.
The Central Kalahari Game Reserve is established.: 32 
1962 – The Bechuanaland Democratic Party is founded by Seretse Khama.: 19 
1963
A constitutional conference is held to begin drafting the Constitution of Botswana.: 27 
August – Construction begins at Gaborone to create a new capital.: xxxii 
1965
The National Development Bank of Botswana is established.: 95 
February – The capital of the Bechuanaland Protectorate is moved from Mafikeng, South Africa, to Gaborone.: xxxiii : 19 
1 March – The Bechuanaland Democratic Party wins most contests in the 1965 Bechuanaland general election.: xxxiii : 19 
9 March – Seretse Khama is made prime minister and the Bechuanaland Protectorate is granted self-governance.: xxxiii 
September – The Botswana National Front is founded by Kenneth Koma.: xxxiii 




Republic of Botswana (1966–present)






= 1966–1969

=

1966
30 September – The Bechuanaland Protectorate is granted independence as Botswana. Seretse Khama is chosen as the first president of Botswana by the National Assembly.: 20 
17 October – Botswana is admitted to the United Nations.: xxxiii 
The Botswana National Stadium opens.
1967
July – Diamonds are discovered in Orapa.: xxxiii 
29 September – The Mineral Rights in Tribal Territories Act and the Mines and Minerals Act grand the government control over mining.
1968
The Tribal Land Act is passed, moving power over land allocation from the kgosis to land boards.: xxxiii 
1969
Bathoen II leaves the Botswana Democratic Party and resigns his status as kgosi of the Ngwaketse to join the Botswana National Front.: xxxiii 
23 June – The Debswana mining company is established.: xxxiii 
18 October – The first national election of Botswana is held. The Botswana Democratic Party is challenged by the Botswana National Front but maintains its majority.: xxxiii : 32–33 
December – Selebi-Phikwe is founded.: xxxiv 




= 1970–1979

=

1970
The Botswana Development Corporation is established.: 95 
January – The power to allocate tribal land is transferred from the kgosis to independent land boards under the Tribal Land Act.: xxxiv 
1971
1 July – The Orapa diamond mine is established.: xxxiv 
1974
26 October – The 1974 Botswana general election is held. The Botswana Democratic Party maintains its majority.: xxxiv 
1975
The Selebi-Phikwe mine opens.: 22 
The Tribal Grazing Lands Policy is established.: 67 
1976
Kimberlite diamonds are discovered in Jwaneng.: xxxiv 
23 August – The Bank of Botswana is established. The Botswana pula replaces the South African rand as Botswana's official currency.: xxxiv 
1977
January – The United Nations passes a resolution demanding that Rhodesian forces end their hostilities along the Botswana–Rhodesia border.
15 April – The Botswana Defence Force is established.: xxxv 
1979
13 April – The Gaborone–Francistown Highway is completed.: xxxv 
20 October – The 1979 Botswana general election is held. The Botswana Democratic Party maintains its majority.: xxxv 




= 1980–1989

=

1980
Botswana co-founds the Southern African Development Coordination Conference.
13 July – Seretse Khama dies. He is succeeded as president by Quett Masire.: 41 
1981 – A drought in Southern Africa begins, destroying approximately 75% of crops in Botswana.: 24  It will continue until 1987.: 68 
1982
The Financial Assistance Policy is implemented to provide grants for businesses.: 98 
February – The Jwaneng diamond mine is established.: xxxv 
June – The Botswana Progressive Union is founded.: xxxv 
September – The University of Botswana is founded.: xxxv 
1983
3 January – Vice President Lenyeletse Seretse dies. Peter Mmusi becomes vice president.: xxxv 
A labour law is passed limiting the right to unionise.: 79 
1984
The Sir Seretse Khama International Airport opens.: xxxvi 
May – The Public Service Act allows civil servants to operate in the private sector.: xxxvi 
8 September – The 1984 Botswana general election is held. The Botswana Democratic Party maintains its majority.: xxxvi 
1985
1985 – HIV is first identified in Botswana, beginning the nation's HIV epidemic.: xxxvi 
14 June – South African soldiers invade Botswana and attack the headquarters of a South African anti-apartheid group in Gabarone.: 20  12 people are killed, and the action is condemned in a resolution by the United Nations.
1986
17 April – Botswana's first women's rights group, Emang Basadi, is established.: xxxvi 
1987
A referendum is held to form a Supervisor of Elections. It passes with 78.1% of the vote.
The university is closed for several months in response to student protests against police misconduct.: 79 
May – Morupule Electric Power Station is established.: xxxvi 
1 October – Botswana Railways is established.: xxxvi 
November – The constitution is amended so that only citizens of Botswana can serve as president.: xxxvi 
1989
Free secondary education is made available in Botswana.: 82 
7 October – The 1989 Botswana general election is held. The Botswana Democratic Party maintains its majority.: xxxvi 




= 1990–1999

=

1990 – Namibia is established as an independent country to the west of Botswana, giving the country another route to the ocean beside South Africa.: 69 
1991
Sowa Soda Ash Works is established.: xxxvii 
12,000 public sector employees are removed from their positions for engaging in strike action.
1992
March – Peter Mmusi steps down as vice president amid scandal. He is replaced by Festus Mogae.: xxxvii 
3 July – A ruling is made in favour of Unity Dow in Attorney General of Botswana v. Unity Dow.: xxxvii 
1993
The Pula Fund, a sovereign wealth fund, is established.
The human rights group Ditshwanelo is founded.
1994
Apartheid in neighbouring South Africa ends.: 21 
11 July – The Directorate on Corruption and Economic Crime is established following several corruption scandals.: xxxvii 
15 October – The 1994 Botswana general election is held. The Botswana Democratic Party maintains its majority.: xxxvii 
6 November – The Murder of Segametsi Mogomotsi as part of a ritual killing prompts riots.: xxxvii 
mid-1990s – The government of Botswana adopts a policy of forced displacement against the San people.: 31 
1995
16 February – The parliament building and downtown Gaborone are attacked by students.: xxxvii 
1996 – Universal pensions are established.: xxxviii 
1997
The Vision 2016 economic plan is launched.: 2 
Botho University is founded.
April – Omang national identity cards are introduced.: xxxviii 
October – A referendum is held to create the Independent Electoral Commission, to lower the voting age to 18, to set term limits on the presidency, and to allow automatic succession of the vice president in the event of a presidential vacancy. All three motions pass.: xxxviii 
1998
31 March – President Quett Masire retires. He is succeeded as president by Festus Mogae.: xxxviii 
20 June – The Botswana Congress Party is founded by Michael Dingake.: xxxviii 
13 July – Ian Khama becomes vice president.: xxxviii 
September – Botswana joins South Africa in an invasion of Lesotho to quell a military insurrection.: xxxviii 
The LGBT rights group LEGABIBO is founded.
1999
17 May – Yarona FM becomes the first private radio station in Botswana.: xxxviii 
September – A state of emergency is declared for six days following issues with voter registration.
16 October – The 1999 Botswana general election is held. The Botswana Democratic Party maintains its majority.: xxxviii  The Botswana Congress Party had acquired seats from members that left the Botswana National Front, but it loses most of these seats.: 34 
13 December – The International Court of Justice rules that Botswana, not Namibia, has jurisdiction over Sedudu Island.: xxxviii 




= 2000–2009

=
2000
February – Extensive flooding begins, displacing 60,000 people.
May – The Kgalagadi Transfrontier Park is established as a joint project between Botswana and South Africa.: xxxix 
31 July – Botswana Television is established.: xxxix 
The Balopi Commission is established.: xxxix 
2001
April – The Botswana Federation of Trade Unions is established.: xxxix 
August – The San people are ordered to leave the Central Kalahari Game Reserve.: xxxix 
December – Tsodilo becomes a World Heritage Site.: xxxix 
A referendum is held to enact various judicial reforms. All seven motions pass.
Ngamiland District and Chobe District merge to form North-West District.: 38 
2002
February – Botswana begins forcibly evicting the San people from the Central Kalahari Game Reserve.: xxxix 
March – A court case challenging the removal of the San people is dismissed.
July – Botswana adopts a value-added tax.: xl 
October – Botswana and South Africa jointly establish a reservation for the Khomani San and Mier peoples.: 35 
2003
The Serowe Stadium opens.
September – Botswana begins construction of a border fence along the border with Zimbabwe to prevent illegal immigration.
October – The Botswana Democratic Party begins holding primary elections for the first time.: xl 
2004
August – A strike among diamond miners ends with approximately one thousand workers losing their jobs when a court determines that the strike was illegal.
30 October – The 2004 Botswana general election is held. The Botswana Democratic Party maintains its majority.: xli 
2005
September – Women are permitted to enlist in the Botswana Defence Force.: xli 
October – The government of Botswana expels all but 250 of the San people from the Central Kalahari Game Reserve.: 32 
The Three Dikgosi Monument is inaugurated.
2006
December – The courts find that the forced displacement of the San people is unconstitutional.: 33 
2007 – Uranium deposits are discovered in Botswana.: 22 
2008
The Public Service Act of 2008 allows the creation of the labour union BOFEPUSU.: 3 
March – The Diamond Trading Company Botswana is established.
April – Ian Khama becomes President of Botswana.: 20 
2009
16 October – The 2009 Botswana general election is held. The Botswana Democratic Party maintains its majority.: xliii 




= 2010–2019

=
2010
The Botswana Movement for Democracy splits from the Botswana Democratic Party.: xliii 
The first annual Gaborone Marathon is held.
July – The Basarwa people are ordered to cease drilling for water.
2011
BOFEPUSU leads a strike among public employees. The government grants a 3% raise rather than the requested 16% raise.: xliii 
January – The order enforcing a ban on water drilling against the Basarwa people is overturned by an appeals court.
2012
June – Botswana is connected to Fiber-optic Internet.: xliii 
9 August – Botswana wins its first Olympic medal when Nijel Amos wins a silver in the men's 800 metres.: xliii 
9 August – The Diamond Trading Center is established.: xliii 
16 October – The Botswana High Court affirms that women have the right to inherit property.: xliii 
The Umbrella for Democratic Change alliance of political parties is founded.: xliii–xliv 
2013
1 April – The Botswana Communications Regulatory Authority is established.: xliv 
November – De Beers relocates its headquarters from London to Gaborone.
2014
January – A ban on hunting is implemented.: xliv 
July – Opposition leader Gomolemo Motswaledi is killed in a car crash, prompting theories that the government was involved.
24 October – The 2014 Botswana general election is held. The Botswana Democratic Party maintains its majority but fails to get a majority of the popular vote for the first time in its history.: xliv : 3 
November – Mokgweetsi Masisi is appointed vice president.: xliv 
14 November – LEGABIBO wins legal recognition.: xliv 
2015
November – The Lesedi La Rona is discovered at the Karowe mine.: xliv 
2016
April – The High Court rules that same-sex marriage is legal.: xlv 
The Selebi-Phikwe mine enters into a receivership.: 4 
2017
A United Kingdom, a British biopic of Sertse Khama and Ruth Williams, popularises their story with an international release.: 1 
3 April – A 6.5 magnitude earthquake occurs in the Central District.
October – The Alliance for Progressives splits from the Botswana Movement for Democracy.: xlv 
2018
April – Mokgweetsi Masisi becomes President of Botswna.
2019
The Botswana Patriotic Front splits from the Botswana Democratic Party to support former president Ian Khama.
The 2019 Botswana general election is held. The Botswana Democratic Party maintains its majority.




= 2020–present

=
2020
27 July – The Rediscover Botswana domestic tourism campaign is launched to limit economic effects of COVID-19.
4 November – Anti-poaching forces kill four men on the Botswana–Namibia border, causing a diplomatic incident between the countries.




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