Three Dikgosi Monument

The Three Dikgosi Monument is a bronze sculpture located in the Central Business District of Gaborone, Botswana. The statues depict 3 dikgosi: Khama III of the Bangwato, Sebele I of the Bakwena, and Bathoen I of the Bangwaketse. Events are held on the monument such as the 2008 Miss Independence Botswana. A observe carried out between January and August 2007 indicates that the monument is the maximum visited traveler destination in Gaborone. The monument turned into inaugurated on 29 September 2005 by using Festus Mogae, the former president of Botswana at the time. The monument received 800 site visitors an afternoon when it first opened.

There are objections to the monument. There turned into controversy approximately giving the mission to North Korean agency Mansudae Overseas Projects in preference to a nearby Botswana creation organisation. Some ethnic corporations in Botswana see the development of this monument as a proclamation of Tswana human beings dominance of different corporations. The Adopt a Monument marketing campaign attracted two private organizations, GH Holdings and Komatsu Botswana, to help the Botswana National Museum manipulate the property. The enterprise will offer new rest shelters and signage for the monument.