Gaborone

Gaborone was planned as an administrative centre around independence, with the pedestrian Main Mall linking government buildings and commercial premises. Its original Garden City layout combined separate neighbourhoods, broad roads and public open space beside the Notwane River. The relationship between the Government Enclave and the mall remains important to the city's civic structure.

Later expansion has produced additional commercial centres and a newer central business district. Research on the Main Mall documents its declining economic role as the city grows, alongside proposals to reconnect its public spaces and businesses. Gaborone therefore combines a deliberately planned capital core with a much wider urban area whose development has shifted activity beyond that original centre.