Serowe

District

Serowe is a city in eastern Botswana with about 60,000 inhabitants. It is 250 kilometers north of the capital, Gaborone.

History

Serowe is the capital of Ngwato tribe of Batswana, since King Khama III. 1902 is moved here.

Attractions

Among the main attractions the Khama III Memorial Museum. It tells the story of the Khama family, the heads of the Ngwato. Leapeetswe Khama set his house, the Red House, the museum available. There is also a growing sector with a large natural history collection of African insect and snake species in the region. Part of the museum dedicated to the life of the writer Bessie Head, who lived long in Serowe and also died there. The Royal Cemetery is on a hill in the center of the city. Other attractions include the grave of Khama III. and his family as well as the ruins of a village dating from the 11th century.

About 20 kilometers north- west of Serowe is the sanctuary Khama Rhino Sanctuary. It is a safe haven for some of the few remaining rhinos in Botswana.

Education

Serowe is the seat of the Botswana Brigades, a movement which was founded by Patrick van Rensburg, bringing language education since 1965, the most remote places of the country. The Swaneng Hill School is one of the first foundations of the brigades.

Sons and daughters of the town

• Seretse Khama, first President of Botswana 1966-1980
• Festus Mogae, President of Botswana 1998-2008
• Sanji Mmasenono Monageng, Judge at the International Criminal Court

Personalities associated with Serowe

• Patrick van Rensburg ( born 1931 ), South African social worker and founder of the Botswana Brigades
• Bessie Head (1937-1986), best known writer of Botswana