- THE CODE OF behaviour summed up by the term “botho” is derived from the Setswana word for “human being”. "Botho" encompasses good manners, humility, helpfulness and respect for others. It is an unwritten code of ethics in a society that believes each individual should take responsibility for the welfare of others.

- PRECIOUS RAMOTSWE is the fictional female detective created by crime writer Alexander McCall Smith in his best-selling series No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency. An upholder of traditional values, Precious’ favourite tipple is redbush tea, which seems to work wonders for her clients.

- SOME 85,000 KALAHARI PEOPLE live in this vast area of dry savannah, whose name is thought to derive from the Tswana word Keir, “great thirst”, or the word Kalagare "a waterless place". While they have no collective name for themselves in any of their languages, all of which incorporate click consonants, they do identify themselves by group with such names as Ju/’hoansi and !Kung (the punctuation characters representing different clicks).