{"id":29746,"date":"2023-06-30T08:11:01","date_gmt":"2023-06-30T08:11:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/botswana\/all-news\/remembering-sir-seretse-khama"},"modified":"2023-06-30T08:41:29","modified_gmt":"2023-06-30T08:41:29","slug":"remembering-sir-seretse-khama","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/botswana\/all-news\/remembering-sir-seretse-khama","title":{"rendered":"Remembering Sir Seretse Khama"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"color: #ff6600\"><strong>Africa-Press &#8211; Botswana. <\/strong><\/span><b>Botswana founding father, President Sir Seretse Khama who laid down the foundation for democracy and economic development for the country and its people will be remembered on Saturday, July 1.<\/b><\/p>\n<p>President Dr Mokgweetsi Masisi, Vice President Slumber Tsogwane, Cabinet Ministers, senior government officials and captains of industries will be among dignitaries who will grace the occasion at the National Assembly grounds.<\/p>\n<p>Here are some of Sir Seretse Khama&#8217;s memories captured by yesteryears veteran photographers, Phagane Tladi, Christinah Moloi and Edwin Nyangulu.<\/p>\n<p><strong>For More News And Analysis About <a href=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/botswana\">Botswana<\/a> Follow <a href=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/\">Africa-Press<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Africa-Press &#8211; Botswana. Botswana founding father, President Sir Seretse Khama who laid down the foundation for democracy and economic development for the country and its people will be remembered on Saturday, July 1. President Dr Mokgweetsi Masisi, Vice President Slumber Tsogwane, Cabinet Ministers, senior government officials and captains of industries will be among dignitaries who [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":84,"featured_media":29745,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2,12],"tags":[233,237,234],"class_list":["post-29746","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-all-news","category-policy","tag-africa-press","tag-africa-press-botswana","tag-botswana"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v26.1 (Yoast SEO v27.0) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-premium-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Remembering Sir Seretse Khama - Botswana<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Botswana founding father, President Sir Seretse Khama who laid down the foundation for democracy and economic develop ...\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/botswana\/all-news\/remembering-sir-seretse-khama\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Remembering Sir Seretse Khama\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Botswana founding father, President Sir Seretse Khama who laid down the foundation for democracy and economic develop ...\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/botswana\/all-news\/remembering-sir-seretse-khama\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Botswana\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:publisher\" content=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/AfricaPressTunisiaa\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2023-06-30T08:11:01+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2023-06-30T08:41:29+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/botswana\/sites\/38\/2023\/06\/sm_1688097663.578356.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"1134\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"647\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"cfeditoren\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"cfeditoren\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/botswana\/all-news\/remembering-sir-seretse-khama#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/botswana\/all-news\/remembering-sir-seretse-khama\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"cfeditoren\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/botswana\/#\/schema\/person\/068c7ab4e9634ae78ec5d54ec46598bb\"},\"headline\":\"Remembering Sir Seretse Khama\",\"datePublished\":\"2023-06-30T08:11:01+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2023-06-30T08:41:29+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/botswana\/all-news\/remembering-sir-seretse-khama\"},\"wordCount\":97,\"commentCount\":0,\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/botswana\/all-news\/remembering-sir-seretse-khama#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/botswana\/sites\/38\/2023\/06\/sm_1688097663.578356.jpg\",\"keywords\":[\"Africa Press\",\"Africa Press-Botswana\",\"Botswana\"],\"articleSection\":[\"all news\",\"policy\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"CommentAction\",\"name\":\"Comment\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/botswana\/all-news\/remembering-sir-seretse-khama#respond\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/botswana\/all-news\/remembering-sir-seretse-khama\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/botswana\/all-news\/remembering-sir-seretse-khama\",\"name\":\"Remembering Sir Seretse Khama - 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