If you look at a 2015 calendar, you might spot that summer begins on June 21st this year. This uses the astronomical seasons, based on the solstices and equinoxes that occur through the year. Seasons occur due to the fact that the Earth is tilted from its axis by 23.5 degrees.
Botswana /bÉtËswÉËnÉ/ , officially the Republic of Botswana (Tswana: Lefatshe la Botswana), is a landlocked country located in Southern Africa. The citizens refer to themselves as Batswana (singular: Motswana).Formerly the British protectorate of Bechuanaland, Botswana adopted its new name after becoming independent within the Commonwealth on 30 September 1966.Since then, it has maintained a strong tradition of stable representative democracy, with a consistent record of uninterrupted democratic elections.otswana is a member of the African Union, the Southern African Development Community, the Commonwealth of Nations, and the United Nations.
Afrikaans is also spoken in Botswana, Lesotho, Malawi, Namibia, Swaziland and Zambia. The name Afrikaans means âAfricanâ in Dutch. It was originally used by the Dutch settlers and indentured workers brought to the Cape area in southwestern South Africa by the Dutch East India Company between 1652 and 1705. Afrikaans is spoken by 20,000 people in Botswana where it has no official status (Ethnologue). 2  Namibia. 3  Afrikaans is spoken in Namibia by 90,000 people (Ethnologue). 4  It has had constitutional recognition as a national language since independence in 1990.