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Botswana: Overview

Botswana: Overview. His Excellency Mr. Molosiwa Selepeng High Commissioner. Botswana High Commission Canberra, Australia. GEOGRAPHY. Botswana is located in the heart of Sothern Africa, its capital city being Gaborone

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Botswana: Overview

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  1. Botswana: Overview His Excellency Mr. Molosiwa Selepeng High Commissioner Botswana High Commission Canberra, Australia

  2. GEOGRAPHY • Botswana is located in the heart of Sothern Africa, its capital city being Gaborone • It is landlocked and surrounded by South Africa, Zimbabwe, Namibia and Zambia

  3. Botswana is roughly the size of the USA state of Texas or France, spanning over 581 730 km2 • Botswana is home to, amongst others, the Okavango Delta, the Kalahari Desert as well as the Makgadikgadi Pans • Botswana is a very dry country with 70% of the land surface covered by the Kalahari Desert

  4. HISTORY • Pre-Independence • Protectorate of the British Empire • Road to Independence • Discovery of diamonds

  5. GOVERNANCE • Multiparty democracy/General elections • Organs of Government: • Executive • Legislature • Judiciary • Head of State and Cabinet • National Assembly • NtloyaDikgosi/House of Chiefs

  6. ECONOMY • Diamonds (and other mineral resources) are the largest revenue earner • Largest producer of diamonds, by value, worldwide • Tourism is the 2nd largest earner.

  7. Beef is exported primarily to the European Union • Burgeoning manufacturing sector • Development of coal sector

  8. THE PEOPLE • Botswana’s population is estimated at 2 million • Botswana consists of various ethnic groups • Although made up of many tribes, the people consider themselves Batswana, and the Tswana culture cuts across all tribal cultures • The concept of ‘botho’ is embodied in all the tribes

  9. FOREIGN RELATIONS • Botswana’s Foreign Policy is a reflection of its domestic policy and is guided by the National principles of: democracy, development, self-reliance, unity and Botho

  10. The basic tenets of Botswana’s foreign policy are: • Non-alignment (cultivation of friendly relations with all countries) • Peaceful coexistence (peaceful resolution of all conflicts) • Non-interference (respect for the sovereign equality of all nations) • Support for common causes of good

  11. BOTSWANA HIGH COMMISSION • The bilateral relationship between Botswana and Australia has continued to strengthen, underpinned by: • Warm and genuine friendship built on close cooperation in the Commonwealth • Strong people-to-people links • Trade and investment collaboration

  12. Australia and Botswana co-operate on a wide spectrum of areas, including, but not limited to, education, agriculture, health, mining and environment

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