Afrikaners from the Cape Colony establish themselves on the borders of Botswana in the Transvaal following the Great Trek.

In 1852 a coalition of Tswana chiefdoms led by Sechele I resists Afrikaner incursions during the Battle of Dimawe, and after about eight years of intermittent tensions and hostilities, eventually come to a peace agreement in Potchefstroom in 1860.

From this point on, the modern-day border between South Africa and Botswana is agreed on, and the Afrikaners and Batswana trade and work together 'peacefully'.