Kalahari Bushmen Take Botswana Government To Court Over Water Rights

Kalahari Bushmen Take Botswana Government To Court Over Water Rights Kalahari Bushmen are taking the government of Botswana to court over its refusal to allow them access to a water borehole on their land. The case is due to be heard at Botswana’s High Court in Lobatse on 9 June 2010. When the government evicted the Bushmen from the Central Kalahari Game Reserve (CKGR) in 2002, it capped the borehole, the only source of water for the Bushman communities in the Reserve. In 2006...

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