Ditlhopho tsa sechaba di ne tsa tshwarwa mo Bechuanaland Protectorate ka ngwaga wa 1965, kgwedi ya Mopitlo e tlhola gangwe, e le ditlhopho tsa ntlha tsa ditshwanelo tsa go tlhopha.[1] Maduo a ne a supa phenyo ya ba Bechuanaland Democratic Party,[2] mme Seretse Khama ya nna ene tonakgolo. Morago ga ditlhopho, lefatshe le na la ikemela ka nosi ka leina la Botswana ka ngwaga wa 1966 kgwedi ya Lwetse e le malatsi a a masome marataro, Khama a nna ene tautona ya lone.