
Bushmen back in court tomorrow
The Gana and Gwi Bushmen return to court tomorrow with their case against the government of Botswana, 160 days after the government sealed off their reserve to the outside world.
The Gana and Gwi Bushmen return to court tomorrow with their case against the government of Botswana, 160 days after the government sealed off their reserve to the outside world.
The Bishop of Oxford challenged the UK government yesterday over violations of the rights of the Bushmen in Botswana.
The office of the president of Botswana ordered Botswana Television in December not to air a scheduled programme containing an interview with Bushman leader Roy Sesana.
Around three dozen Bushmen have been surviving on little other than melons and water since September at the community of Metsiamenong in the Central Kalahari Game Reserve, Botswana.
Bushmen Roy Sesana and Jumanda Gakelebone this week completed their tour of Europe with a visit to Berlin, where they met prominent German politicians and journalists, and gave a public lecture at a high-profile museum.
Kalahari Bushman Roy Sesana received the ?Alternative Nobel Prize? on 9 December, and told the world, ??My people love their land, and without it we are dying.?
The postmortem report of Bushman woman Qoroxloo Duxee has confirmed that she died of dehydration, starvation and shock in the Central Kalahari Game Reserve, Botswana.
Two Kalahari Bushmen are journeying to Britain, Sweden and Germany on a desperate mission to stop the Botswana government arresting, shooting and torturing their people and starving them off their land.