Timeline of Gaborone explained

The following is a timeline of the history of the city of Gaborone, Botswana.

Prior to 20th century

• 1890 - Gaberones founded by British South Africa Company.
• 1897 - Railway station built.

20th century

• 1960-1966 - Gaberones becomes capital of independent Botswana
• 1963 - Town construction begins.
• 1964
  • Bechuanaland Daily News begins publication.^[1]
  • Population: 3,855.
• 1965
  • British colonial Bechuanaland Protectorate capital relocated to Gaberones from Mafeking.
  • Gaborone Secondary School built.
• 1966
  • Gaberones becomes capital of independent Botswana.
  • Botswana National Stadium opens.
  • Derek Jones becomes mayor.
• 1968 - Botswana National Museum built.
• 1969
  • Gaberones renamed "Gaborone."
  • Debswana Diamond Company Ltd headquartered in Gaborone.
• 1971 - Population: 17,718.^[2]
• 1975 - Sister city relationship established with Burbank, California.^[3]
• 1979 - Serara Ketlogetswe becomes mayor.
• 1980
  • Mosque built.
  • Southern African Development Community headquartered in Gaborone.
• 1982
  • University of Botswana established.
  • University of Botswana Stadium opens.
• 1984
  • 14 June: Raid on Gaborone.^[4]
  • Seretse Khama International Airport opens.
  • Paul Mmlotsi Rantao becomes mayor.
  • Mmegi newspaper begins publication.
• 1985 - Botswana Gazette newspaper begins publication.^[5]
• 1988 - Gaborone Broadcasting Company established.
• 1991
  • Population: 133,468.^[6]
  • Botswana College of Agriculture established near city.
• 1993 - "The Voice Newspaper" begins publication
• 1995 - Botswana Stock Exchange and Botswana Institute for Development Policy Analysis^[7] headquartered in city.
• 1998 - Fictional The No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency book series begins publication.
• 1999 - Nelson Ramaotwana becomes mayor.

21st century

• 2001 - Population: 186,007.
• 2002 - Reteng founded.
• 2003 - Uniao Flamengo Santos Football Club formed.
• 2004 - Harry Mothei becomes mayor.
• 2005 - The Voice Newspaper becomes Botswana's best selling newspaper and goes digital.
• 2005 - Population: 208,000.
• 2007 - National Botanical Garden opens.
• 2009
  • Steinmetz Gaborone Marathon begins.
  • Veronica Lesole becomes mayor.
• 2011
  • May: 2011 African Junior Athletics Championships held.
  • Haskins Nkaigwa becomes mayor.
• 2013 - De Beers rough diamond sales headquarters relocated to Gaborone from London.
• 2014 - May: 2014 African Youth Games held in Gaborone.
• 2017 - Population: 264,311 (estimate).
• 2019 - Thata Father Maphongo becomes mayor.

See also

• History of Gaborone
• List of mayors of Gaborone

Bibliography

• Book: Encyclopedia of Twentieth-Century African History . . Dickson Eyoh . Routledge . 0415234794 . 2003 . Gaborone, Botswana.
• Book: Luc J. A. Mougeot . Agropolis: The Social, Political, and Environmental Dimensions of Urban Agriculture. 2005. . 978-1-55250-186-3 . (Gaborone) .
• Book: Fred Morton. 4th . Historical Dictionary of Botswana. 2008. Scarecrow Press. 978-0-8108-6404-7. etal. . (+ 3rd ed. fulltext via Internet Archive)
• Book: . Encyclopedia of Africa . 2010. Oxford University Press. 978-0-19-533770-9 . Gaborone, Botswana . https://books.google.com/books?id=A0XNvklcqbwC&pg=PA503 . Andrew Hermann . .

External links

• Web site: (Gaborone) . . UK . (Bibliography of open access articles)
• Web site: (Gaborone) . . (Images, etc.)
• Web site: (Gaborone) . . (Images, etc.)
• Web site: (Gaborone) . . . Germany . (Bibliography)
• Web site: (Gaborone) . Connecting-Africa . . Leiden, Netherlands . (Bibliography)
• Web site: (Gaborone) . . (Bibliography)
• Web site: Gaborone, Botswana . . US.

Notes and References

1. Web site: Gaborone (Botswana) -- Newspapers . . Chicago, US . Global Resources Network . 30 September 2014 .
2. Book: https://unstats.un.org/unsd/demographic/products/dyb/1970_round.htm . Demographic Yearbook 1975 . 1976 . United Nations Department of Economic and Social Affairs, Statistical Office . New York . Population of capital city and cities of 100,000 and more inhabitants . 253–279 .
3. Web site: Burbank Sister City . Burbank Public Library . 30 September 2014 .
4. Web site: Botswana Profile: Timeline . BBC News . 30 September 2014 .
5. Web site: Botswana: News . Africa South of the Sahara: Selected Internet Resources . . US . . 30 September 2014 .
6. Book: https://unstats.un.org/unsd/demographic/products/dyb/1990_round.htm . 1995 Demographic Yearbook . 1997 . United Nations Department for Economic and Social Information and Policy Analysis, Statistics Division . New York . Population of capital cities and cities of 100,000 and more inhabitants . 262–321 .
7. Web site: Botswana Institute for Development Policy Analysis . 30 September 2014 .