Torture victims now total seven
Seven Bushmen have been tortured this month by wildlife officials in Kaudwane, a relocation camp close to the Central Kalahari Game Reserve.
News from the Bushmen
New York - Kalahari Bushmen evictions take the sparkle off De Beers's NY store opening
Prominent feminist Gloria Steinem and more than thirty protesters last night picketed the opening of De Beers's first store in America.
Bushmen tortured for hunting
Three Bushmen have been severely tortured by wildlife officials on suspicion of hunting to feed their families.
De Beers celebrity store opening loses its sparkle
Celebrities will this Wednesday 22 June (5.30-9pm) be urged by protesters from human rights organisation Survival International not to cross their picket line at the opening of the first De Beers store in the USA (703 Fifth Avenue, New York).
Academic deported 'for links with Survival'
Botswana's President Mogae has said that he decided to deport Australian Professor Ken Good as a 'threat to national security' over his links with Survival International.
Judges order visit to diamond site
The judges in the Bushmen court case have ordered that the whole court will fly to the Central Kalahari Game Reserve, to establish whether preparations for diamond mining are taking place there.
Government acted illegally, admits witness
A government witness has admitted that his department stopped issuing hunting licences to Bushmen living in the Central Kalahari Game Reserve, even though it had no legal right to do so.
Witness makes mockery of government argument
Government witness Joseph Matlhare has made a mockery of the argument that the Bushmen were evicted because provision of services in their reserve was 'too expensive'.