Kalahari Diamond Search Rekindles Botswana's Bushmen Dispute
AFTER years of debate over the link between the relocation of Botswana's Kalahari Bushmen and diamond exploration, renewed mineral exploration on Bushmen land is rekindling the controversy.
Reports of drilling in the area come just weeks before a key court ruling on the fate of the area is scheduled to be delivered.
Business Day has confirmed that TH Drilling (THD) of Gaborone, Botswana, has sent crews into the Central Kalahari Game Reserve (CKGR) to drill 15 test pipes on leases held by Petra Diamonds in the Gope area.
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