Sir Seretse Khama Day in Botswana
Sir Seretse Khama Day in Botswana is held on July 1. This event in the first decade of the month July is annual.
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Sir Seretse Khama, KBE (July 1, 1921 – July 13, 1980) was a Botswana statesman from Botswana. He founded the Botswana Democratic Party in 1962. He became Prime Minister in 1965. In 1966, Botswana gained independence and Khama became its first president.
Seretse’s name means ‘the clay that binds’, and referred to the reconciliation after a rift between his father and grandfather.
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