Botswana
Botswana (, ), officially the Republic of Botswana ( tn, Lefatshe la Botswana, label= Setswana, ), is a landlocked country in Southern Africa. Botswana is topographically flat, with approximately 70 percent of its territory being the Kalaha ...
near to the
Dikgatlhong Dam
The Dikgatlhong Dam is a dam near the village of Robelela on the Shashe River in Botswana, completed in December 2011.
When full it will hold .
The next largest dam in Botswana, the Gaborone Dam, has capacity of .
Purpose
The dam is located on t ...
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Location
Patayamatebele is a small village of about 500 people, southeast of
Francistown
Francistown is the second largest city in Botswana, with a population of about 103,417 and 147,122 inhabitants for its agglomeration at the 2022 census. and often described as the "''Capital of the North''" or as the natives would have it “''T ...
.
The people belong to various groups such as the
Bangwato The Bamangwato (more correctly BagammaNgwato, and also referred to as the BaNgwato or Ngwato) is one of the eight "principal" Tswana chieftaincies of Botswana. They ruled over a majority Bakalanga population (the largest ethnic group in Central Dist ...
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Basarwa
The San peoples (also Saan), or Bushmen, are members of various Khoe, Tuu, or Kxʼa-speaking indigenous hunter-gatherer cultures that are the first cultures of Southern Africa, and whose territories span Botswana, Namibia, Angola, Zambia, ...
, Bakhurutshe, Bakalaka and Babirwa.
Patayamatebele lies between the Shashe and Tati rivers.
The village was officially gazetted in 2007.
It can be reached by road from Tonota via Ditladi.
It has been proposed that Patayamatebele, and the villages of
Shashe Bridge
The Shashe River (or Shashi River) is a major left-bank tributary of the Limpopo River in Zimbabwe. It rises northwest of Francistown, Botswana and flows into the Limpopo River where Botswana, Zimbabwe and South Africa meet.Matopi.
The village is serviced by Tonota Agricultural District.
Economy
The main economic activities in Patayamatebele are farming and gathering wild berries.
The cattle in the area were destroyed due to foot-and-mouth disease in the 2002/2003 period.
In September 2012, Peter Siele, the Minister of Local Government, said Patayamatebele and nearby Matopi would be recommended for the Remote Area Service Allowance due to their distance from banks and shops and lack of public transport. Roads to the village are in poor condition. The village has a primary school. Medical services are provided by a mobile clinic.
The village does not have telephone service.
Before construction of the Dikgatlhong Dam began, in 2008 the government arranged for counselling services on AIDS to residents of the
Mmadinare
Mmadinare is a village that is located in the Central District of Botswana, 15 kilometers from Selibe Phikwe. The village is slowly growing into a town, with a population estimate of about 13 000 (estimates from the 2004 census) people of differe ...
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Robelela
Robelela is a village in Central District of Botswana. It is located south-east of Francistown, close to the border with Zimbabwe. The population was 471 in 2001 census.
Robelela in the Bobirwa Sub-District, is the village closest to the Dikgat ...
Matsiloje
Matsiloje is a village in the North East District of Botswana on the west bank of the Ramokgwebana River, which forms the border with Zimbabwe.
A tarmac road connects the village to Francistown, to the east.
The village has a junior secondary sc ...
, Chokwe and Patayamatebele villages.
Preparations were made for additional demands for health and policing services.