I haven't been there, but hope to someday. I'm excited for their future. They know that diamonds won't last forever as an economic source, so they're working hard to transform into a knowledge based economy.

You can see it in Google street, indeed it seems a idyllic version of Africa where it maintains the identity with few of his problems. A key fact was the personality of the population before and after the independence and the leader that they had. This opened a path that was closed for other African countries that were more damaged by colonization and corruption.

no they went the rothschildt route

installing centralised bank is 90 procent of communism lenin

But but but revolutionary is sexy😂

CrowdPleeza That's true.

@@soengv85 What do you mean?

Population of Botswana was heavily educated from 60s and beyond when in SA they were treated as animals. SA simply got the dysfunctional society that the whites created. Botswana was in control of his own destiny.

@@karlpj1 Botswana had 10 university graduates and 100 high school graduates at independence after the discovery of diamonds a large chunk of the national budget has always been allocated to education and health which are all for free.

@@mompatimodukanele353 How easy is to emigrate from SA or Soweto to Botswana?

@@karlpj1 if u are south African it's easy.

@@karlpj1 Tourism needs a passport only due to SADC rules, check the high commission office website or physical office in Pretoria for more. To become a permanent resident for work or life is not something I have knowledge of.

Please stay in Pakistan we don’t need to over populate this country plus it’s peaceful we don’t need Islam please

Lol so true, it's a good thing though.

Because Botswana is off of the coast that's why

@@Kelvin_smith28 It's actually annoying to not have access to the ocean sometimes because we are almost entirely reliant on South Africa for trade due to our economic structure but I guess the grass is always greener over there.

They did DeBeers are there and they are taking 50% of their diamond. Just because they build a few nice building with the other 50% it doesn't mean that they are not there.

@@alexnguyen2148 U should talk about things u know. Where do u get the 50-50 deal or u are talking about when the partnership begun?

Peter-john De Jong And if only all of Africa was like Botswana. Boy that would be a dream come true.

Unlike the many of african countries you are talking about, Botswana didn't suffer from white people intervention trauma. They had good leadership like Sechele I to defeat the attacking white boers and later on they had good leadership like Khama III , Sebele I and Bathoen I, the Three Dikgosi, who secured the positions of a protectorate instead of a colony under the Union of South Africa or Southern Rhodesia, bitterly due to the terrible treatment of Blacks in both countries. The success of Botswana is entirely due to its good leadership to defend its itself from white intervention, which paved way for them to build the countries foundation on other than subjugation of the people. During its independence it was one of the poorest countries in the world, with only 22 university graduates and 100 secondary school graduates. Their minerals was unlike other african countries discovered after its independence, which paved way for them being one of the few african countries with nationalized minerals.

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They needed not to! Botswana has been a multi party democracy, with a dose of traditional democracy, right from independence. You might be wondering why I say a "dose of traditional democracy"- traditionally Batswana practiced the kgotla system, where consultation on any issue was engaged by the leadership and the ordinary people. Much as respect was shown the leadership, at the kgotla people spoke their mind without fear of victimization. So as a result democracy from a western point of view didn't seem that alien to Batswana.

​@@lapengpropertyagentslapeng1439 Had nothing to do with democracy, if a country has something in the interest of the west democracy won't matter. Its just an hypocritical excuse that didn't matter when Congos first democratically elected Prime Minister, Patrice Lumumba, came in power. If democracy really mattered NATO would have overthrown Joseph Kabila a long time ago... But he works in the interest of foreigners, so no.

@Molly Wop Here is the kicker. Few years before independence, the greatest fraught and our famine in recent times hit Botswana, which greatly affected colonial and investment morale in the second poorest land in the world at the time. Infrastructure was nonexistent whatsoever. A diamond is found and reported to colonial office leading to a hunt by British and other prospectors but nothing was found anywhere this considered a fluke. Bechuanaland asks for independence and Britain is hesitant as there was no way the country would survive, the capital city was not even part of the country, being part of neighboring South Africa, and the only tarred road stretched less than 10 miles at 12km. One year after independence, the then world's most valuable mine was discovered followed by the currently world's most valuable mine a few years later. The first president upon the brink of the mines discovery laid down an agreement with all tribal leaders to secede all claims to natural resources to the national government for national development followed by one of the world's oldest public private partnerships of Botswana government and de beers holdings created one of the most important companies in African history solely due to producing the Botswana economy from scratch.

@Molly Wop Most of my information is from a picture book compilation released for Botswana 50th celebration showing Botswana through the ages. Here are a few links I found online. Diamond history in Botswana: www.tsodiloresources.com/s/Diamond.asp?ReportID=609946 Brief Political and Economic history of Botswana: www.thuto.org/ubh/bw/bhp1.html www.unrisd.org/80256B3C005BCCF9/(httpAuxPages)/4365C57157F8EF16C1257AEF00525641/$file/Botswana%20Maipose%20web.pdf Best link I could find: www.debeersgroup.com/reports/socio-economic-impact/botswana/the-contribution-of-diamonds-to-botswana-development

Because AngloAnerican already owned a large chunk of the Diamond industry through its partnership with Debeers, so a minority shareholding of 15%, by the Botswana government was not worth the fight.

Perhaps, good fortune on Sierra Leone for the future. The reason people praise Botswana's diamond wealth is not just abundance, what with some of the world's most valuable mines, but rather this vast deposit is also mostly composed of gemstone grade diamonds, which is very rare. This means both quantity and quality of incredible amounts in a country that was deemed hopeless.

El Salvador has 6 millions and is hell. Population in Zimbabwe is 16, no massive. I think small population helped in the same way that helped Norway as both have massive natural resources with small population. But the merit of Botswana to don't mess it up can't be denied.

I guess, but it is hard to provide service to our citizens equally with how large Botswana is. The leaders have done a good job though.

Because the apartheid created a dysfunctional, ignorant and resentful society. Botswana invested a lot in education since early 60 when it was one of the poorest countries in the world. Their streets are a reflection of the high cultural level of his population.

Punto Devasta...I understand apartheid was not a good thing as I was classed as coloured...but how many more years will you keep blaming apartheid? Gosh the ANC gained CONTROL of SA in 1994...during those years the current government has done NOTHING for the people. The country has taken a downward slide since 1994. Everything is available now for individuals to try to make their lives better, but they prefer to steal, kill and rape. Education is now available for everyone to better themselves, but apartheid again is being blamed. Life goes on for everyone. There are those who choose to better themselves, and there are others who prefer to be stuck where they are and blame others for their misfortune. I am sorry, I sympathize with them, but get up and at least try to improve yourself. It's hard for a lot of people I know....but 24 years have gone by now...

@@vfvf9354 I don't disagree with you. I simply stated facts. 25 years means the current generation in power was raised in the apparheit. They are uneducated and brutalized in contrast with Bostwana where the current power is educated and civilized. Yes, a white government would do a lot better job but they did also a excellent job keeping 90 percent of South Africa s uneducated and brutalized. Bostwana transitioned from a tribal culture to a modern one without the traumatic experience of SA. They are culturally and ethnically related and shows what could be SA without segregation until 1994. The damage is already done and will take many years yo heal. And yes I agree current SA power is corrupt and ineffective.

Punto, I am sure we would continue this debate until the cows come home...we all have our own definitions of how things should be. As I said, I am very sorry for a lot of people in SA...but how much longer will the blame continue? That's what I want to know. Life is too short...so I say at least try to make something of your life from now on. My dad did not want to live in a country where apartheid prevented him the freedom he wanted. A lot of people chose to leave SA overnight, as my dad did with 9 children. It was a very hard decision to make, and going to a new country wasn't easy either. There are many who are leaving now ... and everything they have known all their lives because of the current situation. So, no matter how much we try to make our views known, things will not progress for the better in SA under the current government. The politicians have made themselves filthy rich, living in the lap of luxury, while the people are suffering. They are not really for the people, they are only out for themselves. You mean to tell me they don't see what's going on? How blind can you be really? I am not a racial person, never was, and will never be...so don't take what I have said the wrong way.

@@vfvf9354 I would think the same than you in your case. It is not a question of blaming. It is a question that the current SA government is a failure as consequence of the apparheit. And that is a fact not an option. I know personally SA white people and they are cool and innocent, but suffer the consequence of what the generation before did.

Botswana is still different in some aspects. For example, a citizen can plead for land board to get almost free land.

What blood 😂😂😂

Emma CN Way better than South Africa I know that.

Emma CN that is Ur warped view.botswana doesn't export refugees, economic migrants, political exiles etc the way the rest of Africa does.even though I am not a Tswana,I feel so proud that there is a nation such as Botswana on the African continent.

Like switzerland?

@@youtubelover5112 and better than any other Africa country.

Its peacefully they not get shut up in villages by guerillas

U must be bitter.

@@mompatimodukanele353 katswa a kobilwe ke mugabe🤣🤣