BOTSWANA: The Bushmen saga - Nothing more than a divisive factor?
Over the past few years, Survival International has carried out a high profile campaign accusing the government of Botswana of removing people from the Kalahari region in order to exploit mineral resources in the area. Botswana has strongly denied this. With emotions running high and with a court case hearing arguments, it is difficult to separate fact from conjecture. In order to do so, we sent Barry Baxter to discuss the issue with the parties concerned, including the national president, Festus Mogae. Here is his report.
The issue is not a simple case of big business bullying a small group of people as it is often portrayed in the mass media. There are complex factors involved.
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01 Juillet 2006 à 11:35 dans
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