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| African Games gold medalist Nijel Amos, and the Botswana countryside |
Today is the National Day of Botswana, celebrating gaining its independence from Britain on September 30, 1966.
1. The name Botswana means “place of the Tswana people”. The Tswana are the main ethnic group in Botswana; their language is Setswana.
2. The people of Botswana refer to themselves as Batswana of which the singular is Motswana.
3. The official currency of Botswana is the pula which gets its name from a local word for rain.
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| The Tswana are the main ethnic group in Botswana; their language is Setswana |
4. Because of the scarcity of rain in Botswana, pula also means blessing or luck and the word pula is the national motto of the country.
5. In Botswana it is prohibited to advertise any product of service offering the cure of any habit associated with sexual indulgence.
6. It is an offence in Botswana to challenge another person to a duel.
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| The official currency of Botswana is the pula which gets its name from a local word for rain. |
7. The Kalahari Desert covers 70 per cent of Botswana.
8. Botswana won its first Olympic medal in 2012, a silver for Nijel Amos in the men’s 800 metres.
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| There are more meerkats in Botswana than in any other country. |
9. There are more meerkats in Botswana than in any other country.
10. With over 150,000 elephants and the population growing at five per cent a year, Botswana probably has more elephants than any other country too.
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