Published: 2018-12-06

THE BOTSWANA SOCIETY

About The Botswana Society and BNR Volume 50

Fred Morton
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EDITORIAL

Introduction to a Special Issue on Botswana Notes and Records’ Golden Jubilee Volume in Honour of Sir Ketumile Masire

Christian John Makgala; Bojosi Otlhogile
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SECTION ONE: ARTICLES

Intercalation in the Traditional Setswana Calendar

Bruce S Bennett
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The Sir Ketumile Masire Factor in the Making of Botswana as an ‘African Miracle’

Emmanuel Botlhale
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Making Pots in Manaledi: People, Material and History

Phenyo Thebe, Anne Griffiths, Goitseone Molatlhegi, Edwin Wilmsen, David Killick
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Social Cleavages and Party Alignment in Botswana: Dominant Party System Debate Revisited

Batlang Seabo, Bontle Masilo
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The Dynamics of Cattle Farming, Bovine Disease and State Intervention in North West District of Botswana, 1966-2000

Bongani Glorious Gumbo
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Milk Production Potential and Major Browse Species Consumed by Dromedary Camels in Tshabong

Katsane Kgaudi, Eyassu Seifu, Demel Teketay
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A State and Corporate Undertaking in Water Supply and Management in Botswana, 1966-2014

Mark Nyandoro
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The Comparative Dynamics of Water Sharing of Transboundary Waterways: Lessons from the Nile, Lesotho Highlands Water Project and the Okavango River Basin

Isaac Mazonde
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Water for Urban Development or Rural Livelihoods: Is that the Question for Botswana’s Notwane River Catchment?

Raban Chanda, Bothepha T Mosetlhi, Saniso Sakuringwa, Moemedi Makwati
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Geopolitical Implications of President Seretse Khama’s 1976 State Visit to North Korea

Boga Thura Manatsha
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‘In an Hour, I Could be Shot Over Angola’: The Geopolitical Dynamics and Experience of the 1988 Shooting of President Masire’s Jet

Christian John Makgala, Gaeimelwe Goitsemang, David Norris
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Has Donor Funding Been Able to Change the HIV/AIDS Policy Agenda in Botswana?

Thabo Lucas Seleke, Mokaloba Mokaloba
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Botho as a Way of Enhancing Problem Solving in a Community Project: The Case of Moshupa Study Group Project in Botswana

Setumile Morapedi
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Developing Batswana Coaches’ Competencies Through the LifeMatters Programme: Teaching Mental Skills Through Games

Stephanie J Hanrahan, Tshepang Tshube
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‘The Rock Star that Got Stage Fright at Auction’: The Political Economy of Marketing the Historic Lesedi La Rona Diamond

Christian John Makgala, Maitseo Bolaane
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SECTION TWO: NOTES

Botswana’s Muslims: An Evaluation of a Dynamic Religious Community

Muhammed Haron
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Training Doctors for Botswana, 1966 to 2017

Oatlhokwa Nkomazana, Thabo Mokoena, Edward Maganu, Loeto Mazhani
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The Journey Thus Far: Chronicling Events of the Only Medical School in Botswana

Keikantse Matlhagela, Keromeng Johnson, Japhter Masunge, Thabo Mokoena
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Parallel Policy Structures in Botswana: From Devolution to Centralisation Under Ian Khama’s Administration, 2008-2018

Robert M Molebatsi, Nelson Sello
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Lake Ngami: A Fluctuating Lacustrine Fishery

Glenn S Merron
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Does Ruretse Belong to Batlokwa?: What History Can Tell Us

Fred Morton
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‘A People Without a Past is a People Without a Soul’: Sir Seretse Khama’s Vision of the Development of Botswana

David Magang
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Sir Ketumile Masire’s Contribution to the Betterment of the African Continent

Thabo Mbeki
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My Recollections of the Introduction of Botswana’s Pula Currency on 23 August 1976

Derek Hudson
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A Note on the Origins and Development of the Democracy Research Project at the University of Botswana

John D Holm
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Botswana as an Island of Peace in a Troubled Sea

Pope John Paul II
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A Conversation with Philip Steenkamp

Bashi Letsididi
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Quill Hermans’ Role in the Development of Botswana Alongside Seretse Khama and Quett Masire

Derek Hudson
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Daniel Kwelagobe: A Portrait of a Servant of the People in His Winter

Botsalo Ntuane
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President Festus Mogae: The Regent Who Became King

Botsalo Ntuane
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George Winstanley

Sandy Grant
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The Origins and Early Years of The Botswana Society and Botswana Notes and Records

Pierre Landell-Mills
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Johnson Motshwarakgole: A Portrait of the Kingpin of the Labour Movement in Botswana

Ditiro Motlhabane
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Quett Ketumile Joni Masire: Some Notes By His Biographer

Barry Morton
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Sir Ketumile Masire and Some Documents on Constitution Making in Botswana: Notes from My Library

Bojosi Otlhogile
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SECTION THREE: BOOK REVIEWS

Quett Ketumile Joni Masire, (edited by Stephen R Lewis, Jr), Very Brave or Very Foolish?: Memoirs of an African Democrat.

Christian John Makgala
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SECTION FOUR: OBITUARIES

Gobe Matenge (1926-2018)

Key Dingake
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Sylvia Cooke (1930 - 2018)

Sandy Grant
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