Botswana Edition

May 17, 2028

Combi Day leads today's complete edition for Botswana.

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Wednesday, May 17, 2028

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Regional/Cultural Day

Combi Day

The combi is the real public transport of Botswana. Cramped, fast, loud, and driven by men who treat the road as a polite suggestion. Every Motswana has a combi story involving an aggressive driver, a route that changed mid-journey, and the universal hand signal for "stop here, rra." The combi does not wait and neither does anyone in it.

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Regional/Cultural Day

Animals of São Tomé and Príncipe Day

You encounter African palm civets, African grey parrots, and endemic São Tomé sunbirds as the most iconic wildlife native to São Tomé and Príncipe. You see that dogs, cats, chickens, and goats are commonly kept as pets throughout these islands. ACADA celebrates the world's pets, and helps assure better care.