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Events in the year 2019 in Botswana.

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Events

  • 8 January – Botswana bans the importation of cloven hoofed animals from South Africa following an outbreak of foot-and-mouth disease.[1]
  • 15 January – Former Director of Intelligence Services Isaac Kgosi is arrested on tax evasion charges.[2]
  • 20 February – Football manager David Bright is removed from his position as national football coach.[3]
  • 28 February
    • President Masisi announces a one billion pula ($95 million) line of credit to Zimbabwe.[4]
    • The High Court of Botswana hears a case to decriminalise homosexuality.[5]
  • April – The Okavango Blue, a 20-carat blue diamond, is unveiled.[6]
  • 5 April – The Botswana Democratic Party announces that President Masisi is its next presidential candidate following the withdrawal of Pelonomi Venson-Moitoi.[7]
  • 10 April – The Lesedi La Rona, a 302 carat diamond, is unveiled.[8]
  • 26 April – The Sewelô, a 1,758-carat diamond, is announced.[9]
  • 29 April – Botswana hosts regional National Rapid Response training with the World Health Organization at the Avani Resort Center.[10]
  • 22 May – Botswana lifts its ban on elephant hunting.[11]
  • 25 May – Former president Ian Khama announces that he will no longer support the Botswana Democratic Party and would work to unseat the party's members.[12]
  • June – A poisoning kills 537 endangered and critically endangered vultures.[13]
  • 11 June - The High Court overturns a ban on homosexuality.[14]
  • July
    • The government of Botswana appeals the High Court decision to decriminalise homosexuality.[15]
    • A malfunction on President Masisi's plane prompts conspiracy theories that his political opponents are making attempts on his life.[16]
    • The Botswana Patriotic Front is formed by former president Ian Khama and his supporters.[17]
  • 22 July – FIFA fines and bans former Botswana Football Association secretary general Mooketsi Kgotlele on charges of match fixing and accepting bribes.[18]
  • August – President Masisi announces that Botswana will provide free HIV treatment to non-citizens.[19]
  • 27 August – Adel Amrouche is named coach of the Botswana national football team.[20]
  • 17 September – The government of Botswana begins deporting refugees that fled Namibia in 1999.[21]
  • 22 October – The 2019 Botswana general election, the first competitive election in the nation's history, takes place.[22]
  • 25 October – The ruling Botswana Democratic Party is determined to have won the general election.[23]
  • November – The Umbrella for Democratic Change, the Botswana Democratic Party's strongest opposition, challenges the results of the 2019 general election.[24]
  • 1 November – President Masisi is sworn in following his reelection.[25]
  • 11 November – The government of Botswana orders the church of Shepherd Bushiri to stop congregating in the country.[26]
  • 15 November – The Court of Appeal rules that the government may continue distributing antiviral drugs to treat HIV infections following a challenge from Portfolio Pharmaceuticals.[27]
  • December – Choppies announces the sale of its South African operations for one rand.[28]

Deaths

References

  1. ^ "Botswana bans animal meat, products from SA". SowetanLIVE. Retrieved 2023-07-20.
  2. ^ "Botswana arrests ex-spy boss". The Mail & Guardian. 2019-01-18. Retrieved 2023-07-20.
  3. ^ Dube, Mqondisi (20 February 2019). "Botswana sack coach David Bright". BBC Sport. Retrieved 2023-07-20.
  4. ^ Musvanhiri, Privilege (1 March 2019). "Botswana extends credit line to Zimbabwe". dw.com. Retrieved 2023-07-20.
  5. ^ "Botswana court hears bid to scrap anti-gay laws". Egypt Independent. 2019-03-14. Retrieved 2023-07-20.
  6. ^ Thom, Liezl (17 April 2019). "Rare 20-carat blue diamond unveiled in Botswana". ABC News. Retrieved 2023-07-20.
  7. ^ "Botswana's Masisi gets BDP nod as Venson-Moitoi walks out of 'sham' election". Africa Times. 2019-04-06. Retrieved 2023-07-20.
  8. ^ "Giant Diamond Over 300 Carats Unveiled". News 24. 10 April 2019.
  9. ^ "1,758-carat diamond, world's second largest, found in Botswana". Daily Sabah. 2019-04-26. Retrieved 2023-07-20.
  10. ^ "Botswana and the WHO co-host four SADC countries to conduct Regional Training on National Rapid Response Teams - Botswana | ReliefWeb". reliefweb.int. 2019-05-01. Retrieved 2023-07-20.
  11. ^ Ingber, Sasha (23 May 2019). "Botswana Lifts Its Ban On Elephant Hunting". NPR.
  12. ^ "Ian Khama formalises his divorce from Botswana's ruling party". ISS Africa. 2019-05-30. Retrieved 2023-07-20.
  13. ^ "Catastrophic vulture poisoning in Botswana 'one of biggest ever'". BirdGuides. 2019-06-21. Retrieved 2023-07-20.
  14. ^ Katz, Brigit (11 June 2019). "In Landmark Ruling, Botswana Strikes Down Colonial-Era Law Criminalizing Homosexuality". Smithsonian Magazine. Retrieved 2023-07-20.
  15. ^ Dube, Mqondisi (2019-07-18). "Activists Decry Botswana's Appeal Against Legalizing Gay Sex". VOA. Retrieved 2023-07-20.
  16. ^ Owino, Wene (2020-08-21). "Theatre of the absurd plays out in Botswana power feud". The East African. Retrieved 2023-07-20.
  17. ^ Selatlhwa, Innocent (2023-07-17). "BPF: The power struggle persists". Mmegi Online. Retrieved 2023-07-20.
  18. ^ "Ex-Botswana football official banned". Nehanda Radio. 2019-07-23. Retrieved 2023-07-20.
  19. ^ "Botswana extends free HIV treatment to non-citizens". www.unaids.org. 24 September 2019. Retrieved 2023-07-20.
  20. ^ "Botswana hires Algerian Amrouche and gives tall order". PM News Nigeria. 27 August 2019. Retrieved 2023-07-20.
  21. ^ Dube, Mqondisi (2019-09-17). "First Group of Namibia Refugees Deported From Botswana". VOA. Retrieved 2023-07-20.
  22. ^ Benza, Brian (2019-10-22). "Botswana votes in first real challenge to ruling party". Reuters. Retrieved 2023-07-20.
  23. ^ "Botswana's ruling party BDP wins general election: Chief justice". www.aljazeera.com. Retrieved 2023-07-20.
  24. ^ Mguni, Mbongeni (2019-11-26). "Botswana's Opposition Parties File Appeals Over Election Results". Bloomberg.com. Retrieved 2023-07-20.
  25. ^ "Mokgweetsi Masisi sworn in as new Botswana president". Punch Newspapers. 2019-11-01. Retrieved 2023-07-20.
  26. ^ Bosaletswe, Calistus (24 November 2019). "Botswana closes down Bushiri's church". City Press. Retrieved 2023-07-20.
  27. ^ Dube, Mqondisi (2019-11-15). "Botswana's HIV Patients Relieved as Legal Battle Over Medicine Ends". VOA. Retrieved 2023-07-20.
  28. ^ "Botswana retailer Choppies sells ailing South African operations for 1 rand". Reuters. 2019-12-04. Retrieved 2023-07-20.
  29. ^ "Bishop Boniface Tshosa Setlalekgosi". catholic-hierarchy.org. Retrieved 27 January 2019.
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