Kazungula Bridge
Botswana soldiers board a plane to Mozambique
July – The epidemic of HfN1 avian flu spreads to Botswana.[ 31]
5 July – Botswana authorises Shumba Energy to create the country's first large scale solar plant .[ 32]
7 July – A 1,174-carat diamond is presented to Botswana government after being discovered at the Karowe diamond mine , becoming the third largest diamond ever discovered.[ 33]
13 July – Botswana begins work on its first iron-ore mine.[ 34]
16 July – COVID-19 pandemic: Schools in Botswana are closed for one month in response to COVID-19 outbreaks.[ 35]
26 July – Botswana sends 296 soldiers to Mozambique to fight the insurgency in Cabo Delgado.[ 36]
30 July – Khoemacau Copper Mine is officially opened.[ 37]
August –
23 August – Intelligence agent Welheminah Mphoeng Maswabi is acquitted on charges of conspiring to effect regime change.[ 40]
27 August – COVID-19 pandemic: Botswana guarantees that undocumented immigrants and refugees will be allowed COVID-19 vaccines.[ 41]
10 November – President Masisi visits Paris to speak to UNESCO and French businesses.[ 51]
11 November – COVID-19 pandemic: A new variant of SARS-CoV-2, the Omicron variant , is discovered in Botswana.[ 52]
29 November – The Court of Appeal unanimously upholds a case decriminalising homosexuality.[ 53]
2 December – The World Health Organization certifies that the mother-to-child HIV transmission in Botswana has fallen under five percent.[ 54]
29 December – Goabaone Taylor is suspended as CEO of the Botswana Football Association amid allegations of misappropriated funds.[ 55]
25 January – David Bright , 64, football manager (Mogoditshane Fighters , Cape Town , national team ); complications from COVID-19.[ 56]
25 February – Archibald Mogwe , 99, politician and diplomat, minister of foreign affairs (1974–1984).[ 57]
5 March – Sasa Klaas , 27, rapper; helicopter crash .[ 58]
12 March – Ismail Bhamjee , 77, former FIFA official, COSAFA president, Botswana Football Association president; complications from COVID-19.[ 59]
2 June – Linah Mohohlo , 69, governor of the Bank of Botswana ; complications from COVID-19.[ 60]
30 July – Shona Ferguson , 47, actor and businessman; complications from COVID-19.[ 61]
13 August – Keitumetse Paul , 48, football player; complications from COVID-19.[ 62]
29 August – Jakoba Keiphile , 93, founder of the Eloyi Christian Church ; complications from COVID-19[ 63]
December – Naledi Willers , reality TV star; breast cancer.[ 64]
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