Botswana. Delimitation Commission. [Report of] Delimitation Commission 1972. Gaborone, Government Pointer [1972?] 16p. 3 fold, maps in pocket at end. 29icm.
1. Botswana-Boundaries, Internal. DELIMITATION COMMISSION 1972
His Excellency Sir Seretse Khama, K.B.E., President of the Republic of Botswana. Your Excellency, We, the undersigned, having been appointed by the Judicial Service Commission to hold a Delimitation Commission under the provisions of Section 65 (1) of the Botswana Constitution, and such appointment having been published in the Government Notice No. 292 of 1972 on the Thirteenth Day of October, 1972 have the honour to inform Your Excellency that we have carried out the said Commission and we append hereto our. Report.
(Sir Peter Watkin Williams) Chairman.
,(Rev. A.G. Kgasa) (Father B. Setlalekgosi) Member. Member.
(M.J. Pilane) (S.T. Khama) Member. Member.
GABORONE, Botswana. The'1st Day of November, 1972. REPORT OF THE DELIMITATION COMMISSION 1972 ~ « .. 1 th ye ar 19 4 cl,mitation - - ? ® L ® ^'p 'Commission was appointed under the provisions of Section 3 of the Bechuanaland (Electoral Provisions) Order-ln-Council of 1964 and this Commission . then proceeded to;divide the country up into thirty-one Constituencies. This Commission was enjoined, as we, ourselves, are similarly enjoined, to base the delimitation of the Constituencies primarily on the number of inhabitants of the. country, but also taking account of natural community of interst, means of communication, geographical features, the density of population and the boundaries of tribal territories and administrative districts. This Commission created thirty-one Constituencies with populations all of which were reasonably cWe to the population quote, that is to say the total population of the country divided by the number of constituencies; the greatest variation being only 18.7% This is assuming that the Census which had taken place shortly before the Commission sat had arrived at a reasonably accurate assessment of the population in each district. The system adopted in the 1964 Census is known as the "de jure" system, that is to say enu- meration was based on villages; and persons were counted as residing in a village even though they might have taken up permanent residence at their lands or cattle posts, some of them very tar away. The 1964 Commission considered that the number of such persons was insignificant and made no adjustment to meet their case (paragraph 10 Pf their Report). A Delimitation Commission was appointed in the year 1968 which recommended that no alteration to the boundaries of any of the Constituencies was necessary. This Commission received estimates of increases of the population in the Lobatse, Gaborone and Francistown areas, but apart from this they had to apply population figures based on the "de jure" system contained in the 1964 Census. The 1971 Census, the Report of which has provided this Commission with population figures in respect of each of the existing thirty-one Constituencies, was the first to be based on a "de tacto system; that is to say the enumeration was made according to the places where the people were actually found at the time of the Census. The country was then divided up not into villages, as it always had been on previous occasions, but into enumeration areas. It is, we think, manifest that while this Census cannot be completely accurate, it must be infinitely more so than any of its predecessors based on the "de jure" system. That this must be so is \ thC faCt that thC P°Pulation of Serowe was accepted as being in the region of 45,000 some twenty years ago but it is recorded that the Regent himself freely admitted this was greatly in excess of the number of people actually living there. We are satisfied that this process has continued ever since not only in Serowe, but over the whole country and the effect has been to cause very considerable shifts in population whiHi are only now for the first time revealed as a result of the adoption of the "de facto" system of enumeration.. There have been considerable increases in the Francistown area and to a lesser extent in the Lobatse area. In 1964 Gaborone Towship was a small District ffe^dquaeters and the founda- tions of the capital city were then only just beginning to be dug. It iTnow a city of over 17,000 inhabitants and is continuing to grow. Since 1964 at least 5,000 people have made their way to the mine at Selebi Pikwe and that figure is said to be rising very rapidly. The effect of all these factors has not been so much to increase the total population as to shift the population from one part of the country to another. As we have indicated this shift must to some extent have already begun to take place before the 1964 Census was carried out. The present population of Botswana is 574,094 ^compared with 541,673 at the time of the 1964 Census. Under Section ^9 (1) (b) of the Constitution of Botswana as amended by the Constitution of Botswana (Amehdement) Act 1972 the number of constituencies has been increased to thirty-two and it is our task to decide where the new Constituency should be-placed. We must then delimit all the thirty-two Constituencies so that e*ch one of them conforms as nearly as possible to the population quota, that is to say the total-population of the country divided by the number of constituencies - subject to the proviso that account must be taken of natural community of interest, means of communication, geographical features, density of population and the boundaries of tribal territories and administrative districts. The population quota on Jhe basis of thirty-two constituencies is 17,940. <^£jv' • y
There are'only 17- Constituencies jtnth populatiorts--Teasonably near the poptfflTtion quota, Seeve n are substantially above it and seven substantially beloy. .As we have indicated, those We also attach as - Constituency with the hekviest population are the two Francistown Constituencies, Mfnadinare Appendix II: and Gaborone. We have been able by transferring part of Francistown East to Francistown ^ ->• (a) a Genial Map of Botswana illustrating the delimitation of the Constituencies'; West to reduce Francistown East to more reasonable proportions but. both Constituencies -(b)- a Plan of Serowe Village showing the-course of the boundary between Serowe together have a population of over 44,000, and if that population continues to increase at its . North and Serowe South Constituencies through the-village; present level the question of an additional Constituency is certainly going to arise in the future. (c) a plan of Kanye Village showing the course of the boundary between the Kanye That time, however, is not yet. North and the Kanye South Constituencies through the Village. 10. The Commission at first considered that the new Constituency should be sited either at On,the 25th October, 1972, the Commission interviewed the Hon. K.P. Morake, M.P., and Selibe'Pikwe or at Gaborone. A representation made to us that it should be placed in the Lobatse and the Hon. D.K. Kwelagobe, M.P. representing the Botswana Democratic Party; Mr. B.S. area was-rejected because it would not relieve the congestion in the areas where it was most Gaseitsiwe, M.P., Mr. M.N. Yane, M.P. and Mr. M. Pitsane, representing the Botswana - heavy and it wouldnot be possible to create constituencies of anything approaching the popu- National Frontand their Memoranda are attached hereto as Appendix m and Appendix IV. J. lation quota without transferring a considerable proportion of the Ngwaketse/Kgalagadi On the 27th October October, 1972 we interviewed Mr. G.S. Mosinyi, M.P., and a summary Constituency to the East, thereby traversing a further District Council and Tribal boundary. of his statement is attached hereto as Appendix V. We did not regard this as an appropriate solution. We received a letter from Mr. D.M. Shamukuni on the subject of the Maun and Chobe 11. It was argued in favour of Selibe Pikwe that not only had it a population of nearly 5,000 at Constituency which is attached as Appendix VI. We sympathise with Mr. Shamukuni but the time of the Census, but itis growing at a great rate. Mmadinare^instituency already has feel that it-would not be possible to constitute a Constituency at Chobe alone with a population a population of over 28,500, while Bobirwa to the East has 17,577 and Serowe North to the West which would be far below the population quota. We think nevertheless that all possible steps has 16,340. They cannot absorb the surplus population of Mmadinare to a sufficient extent. will be taken to assist the Member for the Maun and Chobe Constituency to visit Chobe as"' These are strong arguments especially as Francistown East, another heavily populated Constituency, often as is appropriate. adjoins the north boundary of Mmadinare and we consider that the population situation in the whole of this area will require careful consideration in the future. We wish to record our appreciation of the valuable help wc have received from our Secretary, 12. Gaborone and Ramotswa is the most heavily populated Constituency of all. Gaborone Mr. P L. Stcenkamp, from Mr. M. Bryan of the Department of Surveys and Lands, and from itself accounts for a figure which is almost identically the same as the population quota and the Mrs. Barrett who has prepared the transcript and the report. South-East accounts for an excess of over 14,000. It is true that Kweneng South and Kanye South are under-populated but any transfer of ahy part of either of these Constituencies-would traverse Tribal and District boundaries and we are satisfied that any such transfer would not be popular with the inhabitants concerned. On the other hand adjustment between Mmadinare (Sir Peter Watkin Williams) and Serowe North in the West and Bobirwa in the East, though bringing both these Consti- Chairman. tuencies well over the population quota and only partially and temporarily relieving Mmadinare of its surplus, can be done without crossing Council boundaries or offending susceptibilities. We therefore decided that the present Constituency of Gaborone and Ramotswa should be made into two, the one being Gah^bne Township itself and the other comprising the South ' (Rev. A.G^Kgasa) East District apart from Tlokwefig. This latter Constituency will relieve the over-population Member. of Lobatse and Barolong Constituency of just under 1,300 constituents. 13. While the naming or re-nanjing of Constituencies does not come within our terms of reference we have considered the matter and have the following suggestions to make:- (Father Br*Setlalekgosi) Member. (1) "Molepolole East" - in view of the proposed changes^ boundaries we consider that this should now be called "Kweneng East".
(2) As a consequence of (1) above "Molepolole North" should now be called "Molepolole" (M.J. Pilane) Member. (3) "Francistown" - what was formerly known for administrative purposes as "Francis- town District" was in 1966 Gazetted as the "North East District" and we consider that the name "North East" would be a more appropriate description of the constituency (S.T. Khama) "Francistown West" and we recommend that this be adopted. Member.
(4) As a consequence of the above "Francistown East" should now be called simply GABORONE "Francistown". Botswana. ^
'5) "Gaborone" - we recommend that the new constituency Tie called "Gaborone" and This 1st Day of November, 1972. that thec ^14. We attach hereto as- Appendix I: a description of the boundaries of each Constituency as delimited by the Commision and its population using the name which we have recommended for the Constituency. 2 / ^ ^ APPENDIX I. M . «ru XT CONSTITUENCY NOT 3^ \r, NAME.The Ngami Constituency — BOUNDARY: ' <; f.e j ited by the Commission under the names by which it is recommended -r - !9^TsouthH£in P°int °" thC fon3[ boundary between Botswana and Namibia on latitude NOTE: - * In this Appendix: (a) le!T^eA° a ,distI?Ct boundary means the boundary of the administrative district named th5General Administration Proclamation (Cap. 35) at the date of this POPULATION BASED ON CENSUS: ,14,077 (b) reference to a tribal territory boundary means the boundary of the tribal territory named M • r~\ CONSTITUENCY NO. 4 - as defined under the Tribal Territories Proclamation (Cap. 68) at the date of this Report; NAME. Ghanzi Constituency (c) reference tot a road means (i) in cases where the road is described under the Public Roads BOUNDARY: Proclamation (Cap. 169), the road as so described at the date oft is Report; The boundaries of the Ghanzi District. POPULATION BASED ON CENSUS: 11,835 named;0'"1" 3' the date °f this Report bet'ween the places CONSTITUENCY NO. 5 unfrrThVTow„WhnShipb°rda^ thC boimdar>' ofthe township named as defined NAME: The Kgalagadi Constituency under the Townships Proclamation (Cap. 120) at the date of this Report; and BOUNDARY: CONSTITUENCY NO 6 NAME : The North-East Constituency < BOUNDARY: Commencing at the junction of the western boundary of the North-East District and (he international boundary between Botswana and Southern Rhodesia at the North-west corner of the said district r zx thence southwards along the said district boundary to the point of intersection of that boundary and the m ra C,StOWn Ma n f0ad th CnCC south eastwards T,K F " ^ J L - along the said road to its point of intersection _ CONSTITUENCY NO. 1 with the r rancistown Township boundary; thence along the said boundary eastwards, northwards NAME:The Maun and Chobe Constituency south-eastwards, northwards and south-eastwards to the point of intersection of that boundary and the BOUNDARY: ' ^ western boundary of the Railway Reserve; thence generajly northwards alpng the said boundary of the Railway Reserve to the point of intersection of that reserve and the prolongation of the northern bound n in n , rn ,i0na b Undary bc n Botswana and onh7rhn h f ° ;"L t ' ° 2T 'he Caprivi Strip a, the junction ' ary ol rarm 6 - NQj thence along the said prolongation to the north-west corner of Farm 6 NO' • In. ,h ^ and 'he boundary diyiding *familand and Chobe Districts; thence southwards thence east-wards along the northern boundary of Farm 6 -NQto its intersection with the international' 23° L, P S*'d boundary to latitude 19° Sourti: thence westwards along latitude 19° South to longitude ra, ht e boundary between Botswana and Southern Rhodesia; thence northwards and westwards along the Fly Confrnl !^j£ B h" south-Wh-westwards to the most northerly point of the Tsetse said international boundary to the point df commencement. ControHnnl-r r^?F?^ 5e,i. ^nCe a SIraiSht line southwards to the junction of the Tsetse Fly POPULATION BASED ON CENSUS : 21,861 with the Thamalakane" River-'th ar°Pe tbence downstream along the said river to its junction in tne inamalakane River, thence continuing downstream along the Thamalakane River to it* CONSTITUENCY NO. 7. JofTh"T' I j ne° and N,xhabe rivers; thence in a straight line due south'to (he southern boundary NAME :Francistown Constituency nCt ; enCC eaS Wards 3nd a n„, ,h T ?n - ^ ' northwards, eastwards and no«hward BOUNDARY: K«rir. th'?am TCl b°U,ndary t0 latitude 19° South « the north-western corner of the Central District thence eastwards along latitude 19° South to the international boundary between Botswana Commencing at the point of intersection of the western boundary of the North-East District md the n Rhod a main F.anc.stown - Maun road, being a point on the North-East Constituency boundary; thence riw «' ; thencintematie along that boundary north-westwardnal b Undars to yits junctionB wittSVah thea Zambesa d thci Cap^^Sr^ ° ° ° " " generally eastwards along the said North-East Constituency boundary to the point of its intersection th the international boundary between Botswana and Southern Rhodesia; thence southwards ' POPULATION BASED ON CENSUS: 20 391. along the said international boundary to the junction of the Ramokgwebana and Shashe rivers - thence generally westwards and northwards along the North-East district boundary to the point ofcom,^" .. CONSTITUENCY NO. 2 POPULATION BASED ON CENSUS: 22,558. NAME: The Okavango Constituency BOUNDARY: ^CONSTITUENCY NO. 8 of £'rhZZ1"8 °n thf lntlrnati?nal bPundary between Botswana and the CapnvfStrip at the junction NAME : The Sebinas and Gweta Constituency Maun andf"* 'u* Ngamiland and Chobe Districts, feeing at point on the BOUNDARY: — Maun and Chobe Constituency boundary; thence generally south-westwards, north-westwards and -Commencing on the international boundary between Botswana and Southern Rhodesia at i«s noint westwards along that international boundary to longitude 21° East; thence southwards alon? the of junction with (he Dukwe Cordon Fence; thencc following that cordon Tencc south-westwards to the international boundary between Botswana and Namibia to latitude 19° 30' South - thence in a straight most easterly corner of the Dukwe quarantine camp; thence in a straight line south-castwards\o the hne du&jfast to the western boundary of the Maun and Chobe Constituency,thenc rrth"eLwrrds e highest point of the most easterly of the Makuta hills; thence in a straight line north-eastSvards to a eastwards and northwards along the said boundary to the point of commencement ' point one mile due north of the Church at old Mswazis; thenqe in a straight line due east to the western POPULATION BASED ON CENSUS: 18,765. boundary of the North-East District; thence southwards along the said district boundary to a point 4 - 5 > \ • -v ^ >• . ^ V~ / -* • - " /Wthai boundary four^iles northwards in a straight line fronj_^e point of intersection of the sa'id boundasjwwid the main.Francistown - Maun road; thence westwards in a straight line-to The gate in the boundary to its point of junction witlfthe international BSundary between Botswana and Southern cordon fence at approximately,latitude 21 ° 8' South and longitude 26° l&HE&st," known as thtfl>pana Rhodesia; thence in-fc straight line south-south-westwards to the poinfcof intersection of the Thune Gafe; thence north-westwards in a straight line to a point ten miles due east of the cattle crush at Thaba- river and the Mmadinare - Sef^phe road; thence in a straight line due south to^he Sefophe river;' tshukudu; thence northwards in a straight line to a point four miles due south of the most southerly of the thence in a straight line south-eastwards to the point of intersection of the Seoka river and the Bama • ZW , al TseS.ara; the.n.ce |p a Straight line westwards to Beacon C' (as'defined in the Second ngwato Tribal Territory boundary; thence south - westwards along that tribal territory boundary schedule to the Tribal Territories Proclamation, Cap. 68), being a.--point on the Maun and Chobe to the northernmost beacon of Portion 1 of the Farm Stevensford 4 MQ,in the Tuli Block; thence in a Constituency boundary • thence, northwards, westwards, northwards and eastwards along the said straight line west-north-westwards to a point on the eastern boundary of the Railway Reserve opposite boundary to its point of junction with the international boundary between Botswana ana Southern the northern end of Pikabeya Siding; thence northwards alqng the eastern boundary of the Railway Rhodesia on latitude 19° South; thence south-eastwards along the said international boundary to the Reserve to the point of commencement. ' point of commencement. POPULATION BASED ON CENSUS : 20,826. POPULATION BASEDXON^CENSUS *. 14,165. - CONSTITUENCY NO. 9 ; - i NAME : The Nkange Constituency CONSTITUENCY NO. 13 BOUNDARY: NAME: The Bobirwa Constituency BOUNDARY: . Cqmmencing at the point of junction of the western boundary of the North-East Constituency and the international boundary between Botswana and Southern Rhodesia; thence generally northwards Commencing at the point of the junction of the North-East District boundary and the international along the said international boundary to-its point of junction with the Dukwe Cordon Fence, being a boundary between Botswana and Southern Rhodesia, being a point on the Mmadinare Constituency point on the Sebinas and Gweta Constituency boundary; thence generally south-westwards, south- boundary; thence generally south-south-westwards, south-eastwards and south-westwards along the eastwards and north-eastwards along the said constituency boundary to its junction with the western Mmadinare Constituency boundary to the northernmost beacon of Portion 1 of the Farm Stevensford boundary of the North-East Constituency; thence generally northwards along the said boundary 4 MQin the Tuli Block; thence south-westwards along the Bamangwato Tribal Territory boundary to to the point of cortymencemcnt. its intersection with the Palapye - Martins Drift road; thence eastwards along the road to its intersection with the international boundary between Botswana and the Republic of South Africa; thence north- POPULATION BASED ON CENSUS; 16,411 eastwards and north-westwards along the said international boundary and the international boundary between Botswana and Southern Rhodesia to the point of commencement. CONSTITUENCY NO 10 POPULATION BASED ON CENSUS: 19,538 < NAME: The Boteti Constituency BOUNDARY: Commencing on the Maun and Chobe Constituency boundary at the point of junction ofjhe western and south-western boundaries of tffe Central District just north of latitude 21 0 south; thence north- CONSTITUENCY NO. 14 wards and general eastwards along the'fylaun and Chobe Constituency boundary to Beacon "C" (as NAME: The Serowe North Constituency defined in the Second Schedule tokheiTribal Territories Proclamation, Cap, 68), being a point on the BOUNDARY: Sebinas and Gweta Constituency bouijd^ty; thence eastwards, southwards and South-eastwards along Commencing at the intersection of the Lotsani river and the Palapye - Serowe road; thence west- the latter boundary to the gate in thecbrdon fence known as the Tapana Gate; thence south-westwards wards along that road to Serowe Village and westwards through the said village, following the said along the said cordon fence to_t]fte--MaIatswai Gate in that fence; thence south-eastwards following the road to the north of the Post Office and immediate^ to the south of Th> District Commissioner's office southern Serowe - Rakops road to a point on Uput road due south of the highest point of Bosutswe hill'; and continuing westwards along the southern Serowe - Rakops road to the Maletswai Gate in the cprdon thence in a straight line due west-south-west-do the Central District boundary; thence north-westwards fence; thence north-eastwards following the said fence to the north-east corner ol the Makoba quar- along the said district boundary to theSpoint of commencement. antine camp, being a point on ihc Tonota Constituency boundary; thence eastwards along the said POPULATION BASEB_QJV CENSUS : 16,373. Constituency boundary to the point of intersection of the Motloutse river and the eastern boundary CONSTITUENCY NO. 11 of the Railway Reserve south of Foley Siding, being a point on the Mmadiinirc Constituency boundary: NAME: The Tonota Constituency thence southwards along the Mmadinare Constituency boundary to a point on the eastern boundary BOUNDARY: of the Railway Reserve opposite the north end of Dikabeya Siding; thence in a straight line souih- westwards to the point of commencement. Commencing at the point of intersection of the western boundary of thp) North-East District and POPULATION BASED ON CENSUS : 17,364 the main JYancistown -^Maun road; thence northwards along the said district boundary to its point of junction with the southern boundary of the Sebinas and Gweta Constituency; thence westwards along the said constituency boundary to the gate in the cordon fence known as the Taparia Gate; thence south-westwards along the said fence and the Boteti Constituency boundary to the north-east corner CONSTITUENCY NO. 15 of the Makoba quarantine camp; thence in a straight line eastwards to a point on the Monyenana river NAME : The Serowe South Constituency » due north of the well at Bolathaga; thence eastwards down the said river to its junction with thi Mo- BOUNDARY: - " tloutse river; thence eastwards down the Motloutse river to its intersection with the eastern boundary of the Railway Reserve south of Foley Siding; thence northwards along the said eastwards boundary Commencing at a point on the western boundary of the.Railway Reserve opposite the southern end of the Railway Reserve to a point opposite the north end of Foley Siding; thence in a straight line due of Radisele Siding; thence in a straight line westwards tc/the trigonometrical beacon at Kutswc in the north-east to the North-East District boundary; thence generally northwards along the said district MokgWare hills; thence west-north-westwards in a straight line through the trigonometrical beacon boundary to the point of commencement. at Kgorotlhwc at the western-extremity of the Mokgware hills to its point of intersection with the Boteti Constituency boundary; thenccWth-castwards along the said Constituency boundary to a point on the POPULATION BASED ON CENSUS: 18,591. \ southern Serowe - Rakops road due south of the highest point of Bosutswe hill, being ajjoint on the CONSTITUENCY NO. 12 7 boundary of Serowe North Constituency; thence eastwards along the.boundary of that constituency to NAME : The Mmadinare Constituency the intersection of the Lotsani river and the Serowe - Palapye road; thence in a straight line south- BOUNDARY: . ' . westwards to the north-west corner of the Leupane Livestock Improvement Centre; thence following the western boundary of that Centre to the south-western corner of the Centre; thence in a straight Commencing at a point on the eastern boundary of the Railway Reserve opposite the north end of t line south-eastwards to a point on the western boundary of the Railway Reserve opposite "the southern Foley Siding, being a point on the Tonota Constituency boundary; thence north-eastwards along the end of Makoro Siding; thence southwards along the western boundary of.thp Railway Reserve to the said Constituency boundary to the North-East District boundary; thence eastwards along that district point of commencement. 6 PQEULA^ION BASED ON CENSUS: 18,123. ~—— 7 " A 5 CONSTITUENCY NO. 16 NAME : The Tswapong North Constituency CONSTITUENCY NO. 20 s / 1 BOUNDARY: * J ^ ^ ^ • r-^-y NAME: The Kgatleng and Tlokweng Constituency BOUNDARY: —- ^™g a; pomt on the eastern boundary of the Railway Reserve opposite the north end of D; (1) The^boundaries of^ihe Batlokwa TribalTerritory; and thenrp fA h^8APomt °" lhe boundaries of the Mmadinare ahd SeroW* North Constituencies • thence eastwards along the southern boundary of the Mmadinare Constituency to the mrihemmosl r. „ Commencing at the point of intersection of the Dikgokojiyane river and the boundary r« u f r !Cng ?,stnc.l» al-° being-the. international boundary between Botswana and the RepubHc bound ^rtl°n 1 of%m Stevensford 4 MQm the TuOlock on the.Bamangwato Tribal Territory obouth Africa; thence in a straight line west-north-westwards to trigonometrical beacon BPS. 128 on e Soulh wes wards ,0 Bobtt-7rlnTr - J ? "g ^at tribal territory boundary, being also the boundary of the Morwa hill; thence in a straight line north-westwards through trigonometrical beacon BPS. 129 on Bobirwa Constituency, to the intersection of that boundary and the Palapye - Martins Drift road CSrW g lhat road to Its Boswelakgosi hillto the point of intersection with the boundary of the Kweneng and Kgatleng Districts • s^iah,Y T . intersection with the Pilikwe - Lecheng roadTthence in a' thence southwards, south-easwards, eastwards and north-eastwards alone; the Kgatleng District ' endof^MSrSlinrQbein°lnt WeS*r" boundary of lhe Railway Reserve opposite the southern boundary to the point of commencement. end ol Makoro S.dmg^ being appoint on the Serowe South Constituency boundary thence north POPULATION BASED ON CENSUS: 17,061, tTe SWerotS;Xr\hWCWtnd n°^CaS,tWards a'onS that constituency boundary to injunction with Constituency boundary at the intersection of the Lotsani River and the Serowe - CONSTITUENCY NO. 21 FWapye road, thence north-eastwards along that constituency boundary to the point of commence- NAME: Mochudi Constituency BOUNDARY: POPULATION BASED ON 6ENSUS : 21,298. Commencing at the point of intersection of the Dikgokonyane river and the boundary of the Kgatleng CONSTITUENCY NO. 17 District, also being the international boundary between Botswana and the Republic of South Africa- NAME: The Tswapong South Constituency thence west-north-westwards and north-westwards along the boundary of the Kgatleng and Tlokweng BOUNDARY: L-onstituency to its point of intersection with the boundary of the Kweneng and Kgatleng Districts thence northwards south-eastwards, north-eastwards, southwards, and south-westwards along the m Ci 31 C in Cr S Cti0n f he main r ad and the nternat ona »„riT R " M 'A ' A r ° ' ° ' ' ' boundary between Botswana K.gatleng District boundary to the point of commencement. id the Republic of So^th Africa at Martins Drift, being a point on the Bobirwa Constituency boundary' POPULATION BASED ON CENSUS: 18,550. hence westwards along the said road and the Bobirwa Constituency boundary to the intersection of lhe said road and the Bamangwato Tribal Territory Boundary, being a point on the Tswapong Zth CONSTITUENCY NO. 22 Consmucncy boundary; thence westwards along that constituency boundary to a point the'teste,,! NAME: The Molepolole Constituency boundary of.the Railway Reserve opposite the southern end of Makoro Siding- thcnce southwards BOUNDARY: < along the western boundary of the Railway Reserve to its intersection wiih the Ta„ts^riy"r tWntt Commencing at trigonometrical beacon BPS. 119 on Makanke hills; thcnce in a straight line west- downstream along that river to the junction with the Mahalapye river; thence downstream along wards to trigonometrical beacon BPT. 222 on Semarule hill; thcnce in a straight line south-westwards tha nver to its intersection with the Bamangwato Tribal Territory boundary; thence -Renerallv to the junction of the Molepolole and Gamolele rivci*; thence in a straight line westwards to trigono- outhwards along the sa.d tribal tcrr.JSrpoundary to its junction with the Kgatleng District boundary metrical beacon BPS. 114 at Maratagome; thence due west in a straight line to the intersection of that thence north-eastwards along the kgatleng District boundary to its junction wifh the inicrnitlon,i line and a straight line joining the beacon at Kubung Spruit on the Kweneng/Ngwakctse District eC Bo SWiln a and ,hc alonr r r " ' 1 , Republic of South Africa; thence generally north-eastwards boundary (11 miles upstream from the junction of the Kubung Spruit and the Mkfatelo river) and the along the said international boundatyjto the point of commencement. Matlagatse borehole; thence north-north-westwards along the said line to the Matlagatsc borehole; POPULATION BASED ON CENSUS,: 20,857/ thence north-eastwards in a straight line to a point-foUV miles due south of Botlhapatlou borehole' CONSTITUENCY NO. 18 thence due east in a straight line to its point of intersection with the Lephefhe Molepolole road; thence NAME: The Shoshong Constituency -r in a straight line east -north-eastwards to Moetlo borehole; thence in a straight line southwards to-the BOUNDARY: y point of commencement. POPULATION BASED ON CENSUS: 16,842. atT^-nt "n.thC WTeonVUndary °f the RaiIway R«erve opposite the southern end Radiselc Siding, being a point on the Ser<*we South Constituency boundary; thcnce north-westwards CONSTITUENCY NO. 23 along that constituency boundary to its junction with Boteti Constituency boundary; thence we^ NAME : The Kweneng East Constituency wes war s ,t ong lhe Boteti Constituency boundary to its junctio^with the Central District BOUNDARY: boundary; thence south-eastwards along that district boundary to the" sornlj-wcstern corner of the Commencing a trigonometrical beacon BPS. 119 on Makanke hills, being a point on the Molepolole Debceti quarantine camp: thence along the north-western and north-eastern,bbundarics of that camp Constituency boundary; thence westwards and south-westwards along that constituency boundary to the western boundary of the Railway Reserve; thence north-eastwards along the western boundary to the point of its intersection with the Molepolole - Thamaga road; thence southwards along that of the Railway Reserve to its intersection with the Bonwapitse river; thence upstream along the Bonwa- road to the point of us intersection with Diphepe river; thence downstream along that river to its p.tse nver to its intersection with the Mahalapye - Shoshong road; thence in a straight line north-east- junction with Metsemotlhaba river; thence downstream along the Metsemotlhaba river to the point wards to a point on the western boundary of the Railway Reserve opposite the northern end of Lose of its intersection with the Gaborone Molepolole road; thence in a straight line south-south-east- Siding; thence north-eastwards along the western boundary of the Railwav Reserve to the point of wards to a point on the Kweneng District boundary three miles south-west of the intersection of that commencement. boundary and the Gaborone Molepolole road; thence generally northwards along the said district POPULATION BASED ON CENSUS 17,628. boundary to its point of intersection with the Dikolokolane Valley; thence in a straight line west-north- CONSTITUENCY NO. 19 westwards to the Moetlo borehole, being n point on the Molepolole Constituency boundary; thence NAME: The Mahalapye Constituency southwards along that constituency boundary to the point of commencement. BOUNDARY POPULATION BASED ON CENSUS-^ 15,874. Commencing at the intersection of the western boundary of the Railwa^tfesrve and the Tautswe CONSTITUENCY NO. 24 nver being a point on theTWong South and Shoshong Constituency boundaries; thence generally NAME : The Kweneng South Constituency southwards, eastwards and somWestwards along the Tswapong South Constituency boundary to BOUNDARY: W .h'^ KS n'C' boundarv,: 'hence north-westwards along that district boundary Commencing at the point of intersection of the Gaborone - Molepolole road and the Metsemotlhaba to its junction with the Shoshong Constituency boundary at the south-west, corner of the Debeeti quara- river, being a point on the Kweneng East constituency boundary; thence westwards and northwards ntine camp; thence generally north-eastwards along the Shoshong Constituency boundary to the 7 along that constituency boundary to the point of intersection with the Molepolole Constituency bound- point of commencement. ary; thence westwards along the Molepolole Constituency boundary to the intersection of that boundary POPULATION BASED ON CENSUS: 20,620. and a straight Jmejoining the beacon at Kubung Spruit on the Kweneng - Ngwaketse District boundary 8 ' / KUb —" ' CONSTITUENCY NO. 29 and north-eastwards along the Kweneng District bnundar ndar^' tftence "soutK-eastwardV " s an"d ^ P nt three NAME : The Kanye North Constituency intersection of the Gaborone-2X2 ^ * °' k ™les iouth-wes, of the w westwards to the point of commencfmen" Metsemotlhaba' river,, thence north-north- BOUNDARY: * - POPULATION BASED ON CENSUS: 15,755. s " c~ -• Commencing at a poin[ on the northern boundary of the Ngwaketse District due north of the borehole south eastwards 3 T",'0" ' MoshuPa Constituency-boundary; thence southwards and generally CONSTITUENCY NO. 25 J south-eastwards along that constituency boundary to the trigonometrical beacon at Kwokwe beinr NAME: Kweneng West Constituency ' / " wards* and ^ V! thenc/gen«,lly westwards, southwaris^ w™,? BOUNDARY: wards and southwards along that constituency boundary to the borehole at Mabadisa- thence in a to lge blTe^eat MSTa * ^ b°reholf; at Tsatsu' thence in a straight line west-north-westwards Ma hu ratle; hence sou^dT^Zg^hf^reng^L^TbLlda' !«„th r I V , 1 J north-westwards in a straight line to a point three miles due boundary at the intersection of the Kweneng "District'bo""^10" "'J '"e EasI Constituency at MoTeTem°e ^he H 31 u*'* 3 Strai*ht Iinc north-north-westwards to the borehole D koloM alnna ,hi» H ? r !T north.to the Ngwaketse District boundary, thence east-south-eastwards generally westwards along the Kweneng West Con« h7 7 ' ' ™ .hence ong that district boundary to the point of commencement. l°le Constituency boundary at Moetlo borehole • thenr*> f *1° ltsJunctlon wit}l the Molepo- ary south-westwlds, M°leP?°,e ^"'—y bound- POPULATION BASED ON CENSUS: 16,181. Kweneng South Constituency tounda^Tt Z ^ r "fW3rds '° ilsJ™«ion with the v CONSTITUENCY NO. 30 trigometrical beacon BPS. 114 at Mara'taeome and thest°f.tl?e.strai£ht ,ine due west from Spruit and the Matlagatse borehole- the^u-e fnll • u joining the beacon at Kubung NAME : The NgwaketseKgalagadi Constituency south-south-eastwards Ho its junction wfth the Kwenp^IT , T"g 5°"* Con™"™Y boundary" BOUNDARY: boundar at Spruit; thence west-north-wes"wardsand A ? y ** beacon at Kubung 3 011 the of commencement. westwards and northwards along the said district boundary to the point at MoIeTem? "h ^ ^"l ^n boundary of the Ngwaketse District due north of the borehole at Moleleme, being a point on the boundary of the Kanye North Constituency; thence west-north- POPULATION BASED ON CENSUS: 16,780. westwards along the said district boundary to its point of junction with the eastern boundary of the Kgalagadi Constituency; thence southwards, eastwards and generally south-south-eastwards alone tUenCy b OU ndary to he nt of CONSTITUENCY NO. 26 hetwtl TT' , . J, Pr°l junction of that boundary and the international boundary NAME: The Gaborone Constituency een Botswana and the Republic of South Africa, approximately two miles west of Mabule; thence BOUNDARY: generally eastwards along the international boundary to its point ofjunction with the western boundary The boundaries of the Gaborone Township. of the Barolong Farms at approximately longitude 25° 10' East; thence north-eastwards along the western boundary of the Barolong Farms to beacon Mg being the north-western beacon of Farm POPULATION BASED ON CENSUS: 17,718. Mogwalala 41 JO, being a point on the Kanye South Constituency boundary; thence north-west- wards along that constituency boundary to the borehole at Mabadisa, being a point on the Kanye ~A CONSTITUENCY NO. 27 North Constituency boundary; thence south-westwards and generally north-westwards and north- NAME : The Moshupa Constituency wards along the Kanye North Constituency boundary to the point of commencement. BbUNDARY: POPULATION BASED ON CENSUS: 15,473. a.£"ne?t^^ CONSTITUENCY NO. 31 line s^th-eas,wards to the bo^ ^ in NAME: The Lobatse and Barolong Constituency east BOUNDARY: , intellection of the Kanye - MoshuDa road and a »rk , r u w -south-eastwards to the M ShUpa kn Wn aS thc Hat (1) The boundaries of the Lobatse Township; (salatadi river, approximately l" XTuthof Moshun^r^l^ ° TT' ° " C 3 stra,g lne sou and (2) The boundaries of the Barolong Farms as defined in Schedule B to the Botswana Boundaries Wards to the trigonometrical beacon BPS 110 at Kwnw th ' th-south-east- rroclamation (Cap. 37). POPULATION BASED ON CENSUS: ""22,909. CONSTITUENCY NO. 32 NAME : The Ramotswa Constituency J BOUNDARY: CONSTITUENCY NO. 28 The boundaries of the South East District excluding the Batlokwa Tribal Territory. NAME : The Kanye South Constituency BOUNDARY: POPULATION BASED ON CENSUS: 15.629. ]T Kwowe; beiig a poim thc Mosi-p><*•»* f Kanye road and",he Mo^pa - Tany e ^^ear thXZ™ H "f 1°™' ° «-*»naka- line towards the trigonometrical beacon KAN 3 m fh r • 3m' f ce southwards in a straight edge of the plateau of m ofi^^ofthatlineand thenorth^ westwards along the edge of the said plateau to the m ards' southwards> westwards and north- thence in ^straight line^westwards fo^he borehole a^Mhelo^hence1"11 *the. *e P'a*au; 3 S ra ght hne sou westwards m>heJ,orehole at KgwaWohence in a straight linP Jo ' ' th-south- thence in a straight line south-eastwards to \A U • s°uthwards to the borehole at Mabadisa; gwalala 41 - JO in the BardonTS f the north"western beacon of Farm Mo- gadon (Cap.S^arSbdneanoimo^rh" d n J" Schedule B to the Botswana Boundaries Prob- and northwards along that tribal territory boundarvT . "i531-T.ernto.ry boundary; thence eastwards boundary; thence west-south-westwards north t A J"nctl°" w,th the Moshupa Constituency tuency boundary to tT^rS^S^S —"wards along the Moshupa Cons," POPULATION BASED ON CENSUS: 20,134. A r 10 li the APPENDIX Ml TATI WEST AND FftANOSTOWN AND TATI EAST BOTSWANA DEMOCRATIC PARTY n oo . S -J r' \ . Box 28, 9. Owing to the rapid growth,of Francistown-Township, there is now an unequal distribution of J • ' ' _L1 * GABORONE population between the two constituencies. We proposeTHat the are-* north of Bosole Ranch and east 1 sholetsa of the railway linejje transferred from Francistown and Tati East to Tati West. The population of this Mr. Chairman and Gentlemen, area is approximately 6500. This proposal would .redyce Francistown and Tati East to 22,600 and increase Francistpwn West to 22,800. Although these figures are slightly over the quota plus 25 per cent t ere is no good reason to transfer parts of them to neighbouring constituencies. These areas are relatively small and heavily populated and constitute one township and one district council area. / MOCHUDI AND KGATLENG/TLOKWENG. creksemWmsEmmmd to 32 is 17 940 wl h p°pulat'°n^Uota' 8»vcn that the constituencies have been in- 10. There has been a drastic decrease in the population of Mochudi. It therefore, appears necessary to transfer a part of the Kgatleng/Tlokweng constituency to Mochudi. We-recommend that the Southern Kgatleng and the contiguous Tlokweng should form a constituency. The Southern Kgatleng should GABORONE/RAMOTSWA CONSTITUENCY. Tu -n t' Morwa' °odl> Modipane, Mathubudukwane, Sekwane, Mabalane and Malolwane. will result in a Kgatleng/Tlokweng constituency of approximately 18,200 and a Mochudi consti- tuency of 17,400. ^,ii=5-S£SHSr=? KWENENG. constituency has a population of some 14 300 and it . balance of the 0 number to 11. The total population of the Kweneng District Council area has decreased by some 8,000 people bring it nearer to the population quota. We consider thaM^cST , TL' "f. between 1964 and 1971. However, in our opinion the population is still sufficient to justify four consti- tuencies. The average population per constituency is 16,313 which is not too far below the quota «However•, some readjustment is required to achiev -e a fairer distribution. We therefore recommend the transfer of that part of Molepolole village falling within Molepolole East constituency and the Mahetwe boundaries crosstng,district council boundaries with common interests constituency area to Molepolole North. This would result in a population of 18,281 for Molepolole East (to be renamed Kweneng E.) and 16,610 for Molepolole North (to be renamed Molepolole Constituency). a con^;*^ used to provide NGWAKETSE. 12. The population of the main village of Kanye has also decreased considerably since the last census. orsrrrsir-^ We recommend the transfer of Molapowabojang, Digwana, Gathwane, and surrounding areas to Kanye South. This would decrease the population of Ngwaketse/Kgalagadi to approximately 16,000 and increase Kanye South to approximately 19,700. Kanye South covers a small area and is easily accessible. y n CENTRAL DISTRICT GHANZI AND KGALAGADI. 13. We do not advocate any change to the boundaries of the Ghanzi and Kgalagadi constituencies. They cover enormous areas and although the population of each is relatively low it is almost impossible for one member of Parliament to represent either of these constituencies adequately.' NGAM3LAND AND CHOBE. 14. Although the population of thf^ three constituencies is somewhat uneven in distribution we es. —. do not recommend a change. The variation is not excessive and the present boundaries take account 5. Our proposal is as follows of the natural community of interest. fe e i,hi Mn,ldinart 15. Mr. Chairman, I hope that our submission will be of use to you and facilitate your work. 1 would North The nS? " " constituency west of the railway line to Serowc Worth. 1 he population of these areas is approximately 1,000. be happy to answer any queries that you might have. (b) Transfer Toban Bobirwa Tswapong North v 21,000 Serowe North 17 -nf) approximately. ' h P PU,ati0 of t he l'r.» 7 T ° S 1 Mahalapye constituency can be easily reduced by trasferring the Makwate MahaTap^^fr- ^ Tswapon/south bciSg^OoTn'd radS£SS3^»S3E&** 12 S*" < " A ^ APPENDIX IV — . -r-w APPENDIX V. 1 • x- J • • ' / * -V-.' . •„ ••' SUMMARY OF STATEMENT MADE BY G.S. MOSITVYI ESQ.' M.P. BOTSWANA NATIONAL FRONT P.O. Box 100, Mr. G.S. Mosiriyi>4he Member of Parliament for the Shoshong Constituency, was asked by the Kanye. Commission for his advice on the proposal that a part of the Shoshong Constituency should be trans- Oct. 26, 1972. * To: The Chairman, ferred to The Serowe So_uth Constituency._It was his view that the Tlhabala and Mogorosrareas should Delimitation Commission, be included in The Serowe South Constituency. He said that these areas were much closer to Serowe Gaborone. than to Shoshong and were easily accessible from Serowe. Furthermore the Serowe South Constituency Sir, was smaller both in area and population than the^Shoshong Constituency. With reference to the oral evidence given by members of the Botswana National Front Partv on^dnesday^5th instant, we have further considered our suggestions and recommendations 4 and therefore wish to place on record the following recommendations The Ngwaketse - Kgalagadi Constituency is by far the largest of the other three constituencies Vn ,IOn anC^ S'Ze anC* we ^ee' n cou'd he reduced to conform to the quota allocation -f - 18,000, (it has a population of 26597. We recommend that these villages be added to Kanye South: (a) 52 Molapo wa Bojang 1030 J 54 Motlhwatshe 988 55 Gameswaana 886 Rammonnedi 930 ^ 3834 (b) A further reduction will be by: 53 Mogobyegobye 1135 63 Digawana 494 64 Lorwana 999 65 Gathwane 914 66 Gamajaalela 823 67 Gaft'am'pa 865 68 Motsentshe 702 \ \ 5 5932 KgalLgadrtalS 3834 ant^32 make 9766 to be deducted from 26597 leave 16831 for Ngwaketse To Kanye South should be a^ed 3834 and area 82 Diphatana 1365 which in the map falls under Kanye North but for aj^racticable purposes, voting etc. comes under this constituency If, as recommended ^e other day, the Barolong Farms which area administered from Kanve wherejhey also have a District Council should for voting purposes come in with the Bangwaketse their popufation of 12159 should be increased by the seven villages totalling 5932 listed at (b) above.' A figure of 18191 is reached to make a constituency. * The Lobatse Urban District has a population of 1292£U{n the last General Election some of hnnnm fT hi T tV and °lhfT rarmS nearby ^ Yours faithfully, (Signed) B.S. Gaseitsiwe President, B.N.F. / 14 v* APPENDIX VI. . —y A' P.QL-BOX 59, * Mahalapye. T* TU 'o " 12th October,J 9*7^. l o1 he Secretary, Delimitation Commission, Private Bag 1-, GABORONE. Dear Sir. \ ^ " f The Maun/Chobe Constituency .he1 Consti,uency-My su^stion 15 » ^ Yours faithfully, DANIEL M. SHAMUKUNI (signed) \ « REPUBLIC OF BOTSWANA m. CONST,Ittf# r (T\ ) ^Alufe i III// ATTTT; ,C ON/ST IT UEWCY Apptndix IIB [$*TH CONSTlXtfJ SEROWE Scale 1-6000 C0N5TITU Appendix HC KANYE Seal* 1.6000 CONSTITUENCY >*