Proper noun
Bechuanaland
(historical) A former colony of the United Kingdom in Africa, which gained its independence in 1966 as Botswana.
Because the city had no tribal affiliation and was close to fresh water, the city was planned to be the capital in the mid-1960s when the Bechuanaland Protectorate became an independent nation. Source: Internet
In contrast, Basotholand, along with the two other British Protectorates in the sub-Saharan region ( Bechuanaland and Swaziland ), was precluded from incorporation into the Union of South Africa. Source: Internet
The city changed its name from Gaberones to Gaborone in 1969. citation In 1965, the capital of the Bechuanaland Protectorate moved from Mafeking to Gaberones. Source: Internet
This was followed, soon afterwards, by the shameful episode involving the British protectorate of Bechuanaland (now Botswana) in southern Africa. Source: Internet
“Of further interest is that domestic political opposition to Seretse Khama’s Bechuanaland Democratic Party (BDP), and even trade union activities, were also presented as constituting security threat to the new nation-state.” Source: Internet
The author, a history senior lecturer at the University of Pretoria, has done his homework in the archives of South Africa, Bechuanaland Protectorate/Botswana, and the former Rhodesia, now Zimbabwe. Source: Internet