
Massive assault on Bushman rights
The Bushmen are facing a new and severe assault on their rights since the resumption of their three-year court case against the government for evicting them from their ancestral lands in the central Kalahari.
The Bushmen are facing a new and severe assault on their rights since the resumption of their three-year court case against the government for evicting them from their ancestral lands in the central Kalahari.
Gana and Gwi Bushmen who have returned to their land were today ordered to leave within ten days.
Wildlife guards have entered the Central Kalahari Game Reserve and are threatening Bushmen at gunpoint.
The Botswana government's lead attorney in the Bushman case was today ordered to be arrested and imprisoned.
During the latest session of the Bushmen court case, the government's attorney stated, 'We will do what we think is best for them [the Bushmen]'.
The Botswana government has launched a massive crackdown on the Bushmen of the central Kalahari aimed at destroying their way of life.
Precious days to hear evidence from government witnesses on Bushman evictions are once more being wasted in court.
A new play telling the story of the eviction of the Gana and Gwi Bushmen and their campaign to return to their land is being staged in South Africa next week.