Office of the President Private Bag 001 Gaborone Botswana Minister of Local Government Ministry of Local Government Private Bag 006 Gaborone Botswana H.E. President Ian Khama Ms Margaret Nasha Your Excellency 2008-08-12T19:21:47+01:00 0 0 00 267 395 0858 00 267 390 2263 Please feel free to use the following letter as a guide or write one of your own: 3 0 en_en 3 Kalahari Desert, Botswana 0 bushmen 0 2 0 I am extremely concerned about the situation facing the Bushmen of the Kalahari. After being forcibly removed from the Central Kalahari Game Reserve, many Bushmen living in the resettlement camps are exposed to diseases including HIV/AIDS, which they never experienced before. Alcoholism and depression is widespread. The High Court ruled that the evictions of the Bushmen were illegal and unconstitutional. I urge you to embrace the spirit of this ruling by allowing all of the Bushmen who wish to return home to do so, and by allowing them to hunt for food and to access their own water using the pre-existing borehole at Mothomelo, within the reserve. Refusal to allow the Bushmen to use their existing borehole at Mothomelo can only be interpreted as a clear sign that you are determined to continue the past government’s misguided policy of keeping the Bushmen from returning home. the Bushmen bushmen 3 3 11 2008-08-12T19:22:23+01:00 0