2021 in Botswana
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Events in the year 2021 in Botswana.
Incumbents[edit]
- President: Mokgweetsi Masisi
- Vice President: Slumber Tsogwane
- Speaker of the National Assembly: Phandu Skelemani
- Chief Justice of Botswana: Terence Rannowane
Events[edit]
Ongoing[edit]
- March 26 – Botswana's Department of Wildlife and National Parks will issue 100 hunting licenses for 2021 and 187 unused licences from 2021 to hunt African forest elephants and African savanna elephants, both considered endangered.[1]
June[edit]
- 16 June – A diamond believed to be the third largest ever found has been put on display in Botswana.[2]
Deaths[edit]
- 25 January – David Bright, 64, football manager (Mogoditshane Fighters, Cape Town, national team); complications from COVID-19.[3]
- 25 February – Archibald Mogwe, 99, politician and diplomat, minister of foreign affairs (1974–1984).[4]
- 5 March – Sasa Klaas, 27, rapper; helicopter crash.[5]
- 12 March – Ismail Bhamjee, 77, former FIFA official, COSAFA president, Botswana Football Association president; complications from COVID-19.[6]
- 30 July – Shona Ferguson, 47, actor and businessman; complications from COVID-19.[7]
References[edit]
- ^ Browne, Ed (March 26, 2021). "African Elephants Declared Endangered, As Botswana Expands Hunting". msn.com. Newsweek. Retrieved March 26, 2021.
- ^ "Botswana diamond could be world's third largest". BBC News. 2021-06-16. Retrieved 2021-06-27.
- ^ Botswana Mourns The Death Former Zebras Coach Major David Bright
- ^ Botswana's Archibald Mogwe hailed as colossus of public service
- ^ Botswana mourns rapper Sasa Klaas
- ^ Sports fraternity loses another stalwart
- ^ Shona Ferguson, 47, has died
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