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  2. List of newspapers in Botswana - Wikipedia

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    The Daily News (Botswana), a government-owned media outlet [6] Farmers Guide. The Midweek Sun [3] Mmegi [7] The Monitor. The Patriot on Sunday. The Sunday Standard [8] The Voice. Weekend Post [9]

  3. Ian Khama - Wikipedia

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    Ian Khama is the second child of Sir Seretse Khama (1 July 1921 – 13 July 1980), Botswana's foremost independence leader and its president from 1966 to 1980, and Lady Khama. He was born in Chertsey, Surrey, while his father was living in exile in the United Kingdom, due to the opposition by the colonial government and the emergent apartheid ...

  4. Unity Dow - Wikipedia

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    Unity Dow ( née Diswai; born 23 April 1959) is a Motswana [Notes 1] lawyer, human rights activist, specially elected member of parliament, and a writer. She formerly served as a judge on the High Court of Botswana and in various Botswana government ministries. Born in the Bechuanaland Protectorate to a seamstress and a farmer, who insisted on ...

  5. The Sunday Standard - Wikipedia

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    The Sunday Standard and Mawbima were launched in August 2006.The Sunday Standard was a successor to The Weekend Standard which had been launched by businessman Tiran Alles in August 2005 to help the presidential campaign of Mahinda Rajapaksa. The newspaper was politically independent, and exposed corruption, mismanagement and human rights ...

  6. The Patriot on Sunday - Wikipedia

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    Website. www .thepatriot .co .bw. The Patriot on Sunday is a newspaper published in Botswana on Sundays. The newspaper was founded in 2012 and is partly owned by parliamentarian Mpho Balopi. [2] The newspaper is indexed in AllAfrica.com. [3] The newspaper was involved in a Freedom of the Press dispute with the Printing & Publishing Company ...

  7. Public holidays in Botswana - Wikipedia

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    1 October. Botswana Day Holiday. Celebrates economic and social achievements of workers. 25 December. Christmas Day. Celebrates the Nativity of Jesus . 26 December. Boxing Day. Celebrated on the day following Christmas Day, when servants and tradesmen would traditionally receive gifts known as a "Christmas box" from their masters, employers or ...

  8. Botswana Movement for Democracy - Wikipedia

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    Botswana Movement for Democracy. The Botswana Movement for Democracy ( BMD) is a political party in Botswana, founded in 2010 by MPs and other politicians who parted ways with the ruling Botswana Democratic Party (BDP) due to differences with Ian Khama, the leader of the BDP and the President of Botswana at the time. [5]

  9. NYT ‘Connections’ Hints and Answers Today, Sunday, May 19

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    Hints About Today's NYT Connections Categories on Sunday, May 19. 1. Well-off. 2. Ways to separate something that was in one piece. 3. The opposite of modern. 4. They can sound like other words.