The country profile of Botswana with specific stress detail of housing supply authorities in the country. Botswana is a South African country surrounded by South Africa, Namibia, Zimbabwe, and also Zambia at one single point to its north. In late 1800,s Britain formed the protectorate of Bechuanaland, preventing territorial encroachment of Boers from the Transvaal or German expansion from South West Africa. In 1966 Bechuanaland became independent from Botswana. Botswana is a plain country with seventy percent of it covered by one of the world’s great deserts, Kalahari and hence agriculture is very scarce. Its semi-arid climate supports low savannah-type vegetation in the wide flat plains. It is spread over 582,000 sq. km and its population is estimated at about 1.84 million. Seventy percent of the population is Christian, 10% are of indigenous and other belief, and 20% are without any belief. Botswana is one of Africa’s most stable countries, and is the continent’s longest continuous multi-party democracy. It is the world’s largest producer of diamonds and the trade has transformed it into a middle-income nation.