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Is Botswana still 'an African miracle'? Thanks to diamonds the country's growth rate was the highest in the world into the 1990s, and regular parliamentary elections judged free on polling day have been held since 1965. However a duopoly of presidentialism and ruling party preponderance has stimulated arrogance, complacency and corruption among the country's rulers. What is 'perpetual democracy'? The ruling BDP is kept in perpetual power by the first-past-the post election system. The President in Botswana is empowered to do whatever he pleases. President Mogae has amended the constitution to ensure the automatic succession of the Vice-President General Ian Khama, the son of Seretse and Ruth Khama. A new Directorate of Intelligence Services provides closer control of power. Why are the Khoisan confined to 'a gulag of special settlements'? The expulsion of the San from Central Kalahari Game Reserve was relentlessly enforced in 1997 and 2002. A multi-cultural coalition asserts that the government is implementing 'a philosophy of cultural genocide on the non-Tswana tribes'. How can the gift of diamonds be turned to reform? Professor Good asserts the need to strengthen and democratise the electoral and voting systems. He sees diversification as essential to reduce the dependency on diamonds. He urges the use of mineral wealth to reduce the gap between rich and poor; half of the population are at present in poverty in a rich country. ... Read more

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This text is a pre-colonial economic history drawn from field research that benefits from the debates within southern African history arising from the literatures of dependency, peasantization, and articulation of the 1980s. ... Read more

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This book discusses and traces the history of educational development in Bechuanaland, a British Protectorate which attained independence in 1966 and became know as Botswana. ... Read more

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The Bechuanaland Protectorate African Teachers Association was formed in 1937 and later became the Botswana Teacher Union. This is the record of that body's work and achievements in the development of education in Botswana. Amoungst specific matters covered are the emergence of the organisation, the research for a philosophy of education, the Hutton Report, and the way forward including international links. ... Read more

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A photographic portrayal of the Chobe National Park in Botswana and its inhabitants. It includes accounts of lion hunts at night, and insights into the personalities and efficient social systems of elephants. ... Read more

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A Disturbing Beauty
The best book on the wildest of wild African game. This is a handsome book which takes the reader through perhaps the most densely populated big game reserve in Africa. The Chobe and Savuti are synonyms for wonderous African wildlife, and it's all here, in a text that is powerful and gripping in its expose of the lions' lordship over eveything (including hippo and elephants - this is a very good examination of the misunderstood and half-believed stories that some lions
routinely hunt the mega-game successfully)and the struggles of all to survive the caprices of the drought and unseasonal rains. There has not been a more intelligent and thorough description of the hunting techniques of lions. Be warned that the author's text and pictorial evidence of kills are unsentimental and make no attempt to play to the fantasies of lions efficiently killing with one sweep of a paw or expertly breaking the neck of prey. The buffalo and lion confrontations are very well documented. The Savuti lions customarily take on the belligerent bulls, unlike their cousins in other parts of Africa, and the writing spares no detail and respects the intelligence and curiosity of the reader.
All in all, the next best thing to a safari ... Read more

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This text studies a key section of the new enterprising population in Botswana - the ranchers. It describes their changing life styles, their construction of personal and social space and the way they have adapted to state-initiated political and economic change. In a series of case-studies, it shows how ranching has grown from a white settler preserve to include Botswana and alien African farmers, as well as Afrikaner and English. The relationship between ranching and communal land tenure, and the affect of Botswana's Tribal Land Grazing Policy is analyzed in detail, while the careers of non-elites, as well as district and national elites, the practice of bordermanship, labour relations and management of multiple enterprise are also covered. ... Read more

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An introduction to the geography, history, economy, culture, and people of the land-locked southern African country of Botswana. ... Read more

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This work examines Botswana's acclaimed liberal democracy in order to explore the system of labour repression that represents the dark side of Botswana's constitutional framework of individual rights and democratic freedoms. In Botswana the collective rights and freedoms of trade unions, though formally recognized, are in fact severely restricted. This work argues that workers and their unions need to develop a long term strategy to increase their social weight in relation to the state and capital, and the strategic option recommended is social movement unionism. It is argued that because of the liberal democratic form of Botswana capitalism, social movement unionism, rather than overt political unionism has a better chance of success as it will not split the ranks of the workers along party lines. ... Read more

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A historical examination of African Christianity in Botswana, as now expressed in the African Independent Church. The study charts the development of this popular movement as a form of Christianity based on a mingling of African experiences of human existence, and teachings of the universal church. It describes how the African Independent Church developed alongside the Tswana Church and the Batswana people; as a rejection of the white missionaries' attack on Tswana culture and paternalism; and under the influence of the independent church movement in South Africa during apartheid. The author maintains, this resulted in a Church that is compatible with, acceptable and relevant to the indigenous culture; and which is simultaneously a genuinely African version of Christianity. ... Read more

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Completely updated and revised for this new edition, our unique electronic book on two CD-ROMs has an amazing collection of the finest federal documents and resources about Botswana, providing encyclopedic coverage of all aspects of the country. This disc set provides a truly fantastic reference source, with over one hundred thousand pages reproduced in Adobe Acrobat format! There is complete coverage of newsworthy material about Botswana, including doing business, USAID reports including Kosovo(over 20,000 pages), agriculture, President Clinton visit to the country, CDC Global AIDS Program, country commercial guide, visit of First Lady Laura Bush, USAID Mickey Leland Initiative, and more.This incredible and comprehensive series on the countries of the world contains material from the State Department, Department of Defense, White House, and cabinet agencies including Agriculture, Energy, and the U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services.There is complete information about geography, people, government, the economy, communications, transportation, military, and transnational issues.In addition to the nation-specific material, as a bonus we have included reports about every country on the globe, with 271 nations, dependent areas, and other entities identified by the Central Intelligence Agency. The CIA World Factbook is considered an invaluable "world encyclopedia" reference book. ... Read more