Timeline of Gaborone
The following is a timeline of the history of the city of Gaborone, Botswana.
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Prior to 20th century
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- 1890 - Gaberones founded by British South Africa Company.[1]
- 1897 - Railway station built.[2]
20th century
- 1963 - Town construction begins.[2]
- 1964
- Bechuanaland Daily News begins publication.[3]
- Population: 3,855.
- 1965
- British colonial Bechuanaland Protectorate capital relocated to Gaberones from Mafeking.[1]
- Gaborone Secondary School built.[2]
- 1966
- Gaberones becomes capital of independent Botswana.[1]
- Botswana National Stadium opens.
- Derek Jones becomes mayor.
- 1968 - Botswana National Museum built.[2]
- 1969
- Gaberones renamed "Gaborone."[1]
- Debswana Diamond Company Ltd headquartered in Gaborone.
- 1975 - Sister city relationship established with Burbank, California.[4][5]
- 1979 - Serara Ketlogetswe becomes mayor.
- 1980
- Mosque built.[2]
- Southern African Development Community headquartered in Gaborone.
- 1982
- University of Botswana established.
- University of Botswana Stadium opens.
- 1984
- 14 June: Raid on Gaborone.[6]
- Seretse Khama International Airport opens.[2]
- Paul Mmlotsi Rantao becomes mayor.
- Mmegi newspaper begins publication.[7]
- 1985 - Botswana Gazette newspaper begins publication.[7]
- 1988 - Gaborone Broadcasting Company established.[2]
- 1991 - Botswana College of Agriculture established near city.
- 1993 - The Voice Newspaper begins publication
- 1995 - Botswana Stock Exchange and Botswana Institute for Development Policy Analysis[8] 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.[2]
- 2002 - Reteng founded.[2]
- 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.[1]
- 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.[9]
- 2013 - De Beers rough diamond sales headquarters relocated to Gaborone from London.[6]
See also
References
- 1 2 3 4 5 Hermann 2010.
- 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 Morton 2008.
- ↑ "Gaborone (Botswana) -- Newspapers". Global Resources Network. Chicago, USA: Center for Research Libraries. Retrieved 30 September 2014.
- ↑ Burbank Public Library. "Burbank Sister City". Retrieved 30 September 2014.
- ↑ "As a sister city of Gaborone, Burbank was a logical stop", Los Angeles Times, 15 July 1987
- 1 2 "Botswana Profile: Timeline". BBC News. Retrieved 30 September 2014.
- 1 2 Karen Fung (ed.). "Botswana: News". Africa South of the Sahara: Selected Internet Resources. USA: Stanford University. Retrieved 30 September 2014.
- ↑ "Botswana Institute for Development Policy Analysis". Retrieved 30 September 2014.
- ↑ "New Gaborone Mayor seeks power to hire and fire", Mmegi, October 2011
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Bibliography
- Luc J. A. Mougeot, ed. (2005). "(Gaborone)". Agropolis: The Social, Political, and Environmental Dimensions of Urban Agriculture. International Development Research Centre. ISBN 978-1-55250-186-3.
- Fred Morton; et al. (2008). Historical Dictionary of Botswana (4th ed.). Scarecrow Press. ISBN 978-0-8108-6404-7. (+ 3rd ed. fulltext via Internet Archive)
- Andrew Hermann (2010). "Gaborone, Botswana". In Anthony Appiah and Henry Louis Gates. Encyclopedia of Africa. Oxford University Press. ISBN 978-0-19-533770-9.
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