Sir Seretse Goitsebeng Maphiri Khama, GCB, KBE (1 July 1921 – 13 July 1980) was a Botswana politician who served as the first President of Botswana, a...
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Seretse Khama Ian Khama(pronunciation) (born 27 February 1953) is a Botswana politician and former military officer who was the fourth President of the...
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Sir Seretse Khama International Airport (IATA: GBE, ICAO: FBSK), located 15 kilometres (9 mi) north of downtown Gaborone, is the main international airport...
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Ruth Williams Khama, Lady Khama (née Williams; 9 December 1923 – 22 May 2002) was the wife of Botswana's first president Sir Seretse Khama, the Paramount...
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Sir Seretse Khama, was the grandson and heir of Khama III and his first son from Ruth Khama, Seretse Khama Ian Khama, would succeed Seretse Khama as the...
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death in 1925. Sekgoma's heir, Seretse Khama, was still a minor, and Tshekedi was named regent for the duration of Seretse's minority. A regency council...
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exile to South Africa. Khama is one of four children of the first President of Botswana, Seretse Khama and Ruth Williams Khama, and is the brother of...
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of the armed forces, according to the Constitution of Botswana. Sir Seretse Khama was the prime minister from 1965 to 1966, however he later became president...
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Asante and written by Guy Hibbert, based on the true-life romance of Seretse Khama, heir to the throne of the Bangwato Tribe in Serowe – one of many tribes...
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1961, Seretse Khama and other delegates to the African Advisory Council founded the party in Lobatse. Within the next few months Masire and Khama drafted...
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between the Ngwato chief Seretse Khama and his regent Tshekedi Khama. Seretse's marriage to a white woman, Ruth Williams Khama, led the British to ban...
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Ruth Williams Khama (1923 – 2002), wife of Seretse Khama, First Lady of Botswana from 1966 to 1980 Ian Khama (1953), first-born son of Seretse and Ruth Williams...
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3 mi) from the South African border. The city is served by the Sir Seretse Khama International Airport. It is an administrative district in its own right...
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regents, in place of Seretse Khama and his son Ian Khama. (Dates in italics indicate de facto continuation of office) Note Ian Khama, the fourth president...
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preventing Seretse Khama, the heir to the throne of the Bechuanaland Protectorate, from assuming the throne; doing so on the ground that Khama's marriage...
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undertake Secondary School studies alongside Seretse Khama at Tiger Kloof. Upon graduation in1944, Lenyeletse and Seretse were inducted into the Malekantwa age...
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led by Seretse Khama formed the first government, and continued winning elections every five years. Quett Masire became president following Khama's death...
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crashing a plane into the airport apron and a group of aircraft at Sir Seretse Khama International Airport in Gaborone, Botswana. He was the only casualty...
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Africa. Khama's eldest son, Sekgoma II, became chief of the Bamangwato upon Khama's death in 1923. Sekgoma II's eldest son was named Seretse. Throughout...
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He stepped down in 2008 and was succeeded by Lieutenant General Seretse Khama Ian Khama. Mogae studied economics in the United Kingdom, first at University...
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operates scheduled domestic and regional flights from its main base at Sir Seretse Khama International Airport. Air Botswana has been loss-making for several...
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Botswana (redirect from Khama's Country)
September 1966. Seretse Khama, a leader in the independence movement, was elected as the first president, and subsequently re-elected twice. Khama died in office...
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the case with all of the major 19th-century African kingdoms. Sir Seretse Khama's paternal forebears, the chiefs of the Bamangwato, had built several...
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1966. Masire became the new nation's vice-president, serving under Seretse Khama, in 1966. Until 1980 he also held the significant portfolios of finance...
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between Sir Seretse Khama, Paramount Chief of the Bamangwato Tswanas, and his eventual wife Ruth Williams Khama, Lady Khama, even though Chief Khama was Motswana...
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Seretse Khama becoming Prime Minister. Following the elections, the country became independent as Botswana on 30 September 1966, at which point Khama...
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achieved praise for his roles as Louis Gaines in The Butler (2013), Seretse Khama in A United Kingdom (2016) and Robert Katende in Queen of Katwe (2016)...
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word Serowe does not exist in Setswana. It is also the birthplace of Seretse Khama, Botswana's first president, and the traditional center of the Bamangwato...
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opponent of the Botswana Democratic Party (BDP) government, led by Seretse Khama and Quett Masire, during the first two decades of the African country's...
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William Wand (section Seretse Khama affair)
of the World Council of Churches in Amsterdam. On 25 September 1948, Seretse Khama, a 27-year-old black African man, and Ruth Williams, a 24-year-old white...
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