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Dominant Party system in infobox[edit]

Like all of its neighbors, Botswana has been controlled continuously by the same political party since independence/decolonization, and has been referred to as such in a number of sources.

Despite this, the appellation "Dominant Party" has not been made to this country in the infobox. I have added the appellation under WP:BOLD, and wished to post for discussion here.

Citations:

Seabo, Batlang; Kesaobaka, Molebatsi. "BOTSWANA'S DOMINANT PARTY SYSTEM" (PDF). Electoral Institute for Sustainable Democracy in Africa. Retrieved 9 April 2020.

Benza, Brian (24 October 2019). "Botswana's Masisi retains presidency as BDP wins election". Reuters. Retrieved 9 April 2020.

Selolwane, Onalenna (2002). "Monopoly Politikos: How Botswana's Opposition Parties Have Helped Sustain One-Party Dominance". African Sociological Review. 6 (1): 68–90. Retrieved 9 April 2020.

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Botswanan[edit]

This term should not be used on Wikipedia, even though it exists in some dictionaries, because it is not used in Botswana English. See Wikipedia_talk:WikiProject_Africa/Archive_1#Botswanan if interested. John (talk) 18:09, 5 October 2022 (UTC)[reply]

@John: This has been puzzling me for the longest time. Should we then rather use the term "Motswana" as in "Motswana politician" to describe a politician in Botswana? Let me know. Lefcentreright Discuss 18:49, 5 October 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Yes, Motswana would be the correct Botswana English demonym, with Batswana for the plural. Tswana might also have been an option at one time. For titles, you would use the adjective "Botswana", as in "Botswana President Sir Seretse Khama was a Motswana." So to answer your question, I think we could say either "Motswana politician" or "Botswana politician", depending on whether we were emphasising the person's ethnicity or their nationality. In practice, I think either would be fine. John (talk) 19:35, 5 October 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Thank you, John, for your quick response. Lefcentreright Discuss 21:40, 5 October 2022 (UTC)[reply]

What about for a thing from Botswana, such as a product like some type of clothing. Would you say this is a "Motswana dress"? Or is Motswana only used for a person? Wkpdsrnm2023 (talk) 08:25, 24 April 2023 (UTC)[reply]

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