The following lists events that happened during the 1990s in Botswana.

Incumbents

Events

1990

  • Namibia is established as an independent country to the west of Botswana, giving the country another route to the ocean beside South Africa.[1]:69

1991

  • Sowa Soda Ash Works is established.[2]:xxxvii
  • 12,000 public sector employees are removed from their positions for engaging in strike action.[3]
  • Apartheid in neighbouring South Africa ends.[4]:21

1992

1993

1994

1995

  • 16 February – The parliament building and downtown Gaborone are attacked by students.[2]:xxxvii

1996

1997

  • The Vision 2016 economic plan is launched.[2]:2
  • Botho University is founded.
  • April – Omang national identity cards are introduced.[2]:xxxviii
  • October – A referendum is held to create the Independent Electoral Commission, to lower the voting age to 18, to set term limits on the presidency, and to allow automatic succession of the vice president in the event of a presidential vacancy. All three motions pass.[2]:xxxviii

1998

1999

  • 17 May – Yarona FM becomes the first private radio station in Botswana.[2]:xxxviii
  • September – A state of emergency is declared for six days following issues with voter registration.[3]
  • 16 October – The 1999 Botswana general election is held. The Botswana Democratic Party maintains its majority.[2]:xxxviii The Botswana Congress Party had acquired seats from members that left the Botswana National Front, but it loses most of these seats.[1]:34
  • 13 December – The International Court of Justice rules that Botswana, not Namibia, has jurisdiction over Sedudu Island.[2]:xxxviii

Deaths

See also

References

  1. 1 2 Leith, J. Clark (2005). Why Botswana Prospered. McGill-Queen's Press - MQUP. doi:10.1515/9780773572416. ISBN 978-0-7735-7241-6.
  2. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 Morton, Barry; Ramsay, Jeff (2018). Historical Dictionary of Botswana (5th ed.). Rowman & Littlefield. ISBN 978-1-5381-1133-8.
  3. 1 2 "Botswana profile - Timeline". BBC News. 2017-09-20. Retrieved 2023-09-17.
  4. Myre, Greg (18 June 1991). "South Africa ends racial classifications". The Southeast Missourian. p. 1. Archived from the original on 8 June 2020. Retrieved 7 December 2023.
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