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San court case against Botswana govt to resume

Published on October 28, 2004 by lorenz Posted in anthropology in the news, indigenous people / minorities, San-bushmen

Afrol News

– The landmark court case against Botswana’s government by evicted communities of the San people is to recommence next week. The case was adjourned in July. The San communities are fighting for their right to return to their ancestral land in the Central Kalahari Game Reserve.

While authorities in Gaborone quote the need to protect the environment and to develop the San people, activists claim that the real reason behind the eviction is the reserve’s potential for diamond mining and safari tourism. During the July hearings, the court was told by anthropologist George Silberbauer that the San indeed were the indigenous inhabitants of the extensive Central Kalahari Game Reserve >> continue

Afrol News

- The landmark court case against Botswana's government by evicted communities of the San people is to recommence next week. The case was adjourned in July. The San communities are fighting for their right to return to their ancestral…

San Update: Defying Ban, Kalahari Bushmen Return to Reserve

Published on July 23, 2004 by lorenz Posted in Africa, anthropology in the news, indigenous people / minorities, San-bushmen

National Geographic

Botswana completed a multiyear process of relocating Bushmen outside the reserve. Xuxuri Johannes, a leader of the ragtag Bushmen’s rights group First People of the Kalahari claimed the move was designed to “create space” for diamond mining.

When I visited earlier this year, dozens of Bushmen had returned to the Kalahari to take up their old lives as hunter-gatherers in defiance of government edicts. Then, during a media tour orchestrated in March to show off the quality of life in the resettlement areas, reporters say they witnessed widespread hunger and more Bushmen streaming into the reserve. By late spring, the number of returnees was headed into the hundreds. >>continue

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Botswana completed a multiyear process of relocating Bushmen outside the reserve. Xuxuri Johannes, a leader of the ragtag Bushmen's rights group First People of the Kalahari claimed the move was designed to "create space" for diamond mining.

When I visited…

Botswana bushmen in legal fight

Published on July 12, 2004 by lorenz Posted in Africa, anthropology in the news, indigenous people / minorities, San-bushmen

BBC

A group of bushmen from Botswana who claim the government illegally evicted them from their ancestral lands have begun challenging the move in court. The Basarwa are recognised by many internationally as the indigenous people and claim a right to stay on their ancestral land. The BBC’s correspondent in the region, Alastair Leithead, describes the case as a historic one for the rights of bushmen in southern Africa. >>continue

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