Botswana joins Africa’s reckoning with colonial and dictator-era names

Botswana joins Africa’s reckoning with colonial and dictator-era names

Sunday Standard Botswana joins Africa’s reckoning with colonial and dictator-era names In a move that has sparked both civic pride and regional debate, the Gaborone City Council (GCC) announced plans to remove colonial-era street names as well as those honouring African leaders now widely regarded as dictators, and replace them with the names of local heroes, cultural figures, and national visionaries. Gaborone Mayor Oarabile Senyolonyolo Motlal…