BOTSWANA BUSHMEN CONTINUE FIGHT FOR ANCESTRAL LAND
Over 200 Botswanan bushmen will continue their fight to return to their ancestral land in the Central Kalahari Game Reserve (CKGR) when their high court case against the government starts on Monday.
The Botswana government has evicted at least 1500 Gana and Gwi bushmen from the land in the last six years, said London based Survival International in a statement on Saturday.
The Botswana government has evicted at least 1500 Gana and Gwi bushmen from the land in the last six years, said London based Survival International in a statement on Saturday.
About 220 members of the two tribes took the matter to the Botswana High Court in a bid to force President Festus Mogoe's government to recognise their right to return to their land,
They had been living on the land when the government declared it a reserve and told them they had to have permits to enter the area. Bushmen who entered the area without permits were arrested.
Survival International believes this is an important test case for Bushmen rights across Southern Africa.
The matter has been adjourned since November last year.
They had been living on the land when the government declared it a reserve and told them they had to have permits to enter the area. Bushmen who entered the area without permits were arrested.
Survival International believes this is an important test case for Bushmen rights across Southern Africa.
The matter has been adjourned since November last year.
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