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Category - botswana

6 Sep 2011

Borehole breakthrough for Botswana’s Bushmen

Bushmen from the Central Kalahari Game Reserve have celebrated drinking water from the Mothomelo borehole for the first time in nine years.
1 Jul 2011

Bushmen in Botswana face eviction

Bushmen in south-west Botswana will be forcefully evicted from their land today (1 July 2011), according to national newspaper The Voice.
27 Jan 2011

Victory for Kalahari Bushmen as court grants right to water

In a momentous decision, Botswana’s Court of Appeal have quashed a ruling that denied the Kalahari Bushmen access to water on their ancestral lands.
22 Jan 2011

Survival protestors target international tourism fair in Madrid

Visitors to the international tourism fair in Madrid today, (22 January 2011) were met by Survival protestors calling for a boycott of tourism to Botswana.
19 Jan 2011

Bushmen back in court over water rights

Kalahari Bushmen pleaded for the right to water in Botswana’s Court of Appeal on 17 January 2011.
14 Jan 2011

Bushmen ‘determined’ as legal battle over water approaches climax

Botswana’s Court of Appeal will next week begin a hearing to decide whether Bushmen living on their ancestral lands have the right to water.
14 Dec 2010

Botswana government rejects high-profile court ruling

The Botswana government has flouted a court victory which saw the Kalahari Bushmen win the right to live on their ancestral lands.
3 Nov 2010

De Beers boycott begins over treatment of Botswanan Bushmen

Survival International has launched its call for a boycott of De Beers and other Botswanan diamonds over the treatment of the Kalahari Bushmen.
2 Nov 2010

Celebrities back call to boycott Botswana diamonds

Survival International will tomorrow (3 November 2010) call for a boycott of Botswana diamonds over the government’s treatment of the Kalahari Bushmen.
27 Sep 2010

Survival calls for boycott of Botswana tourism

A human rights organisation for tribal people has called for a tourist boycott of Botswana until its government ends persecution of the Bushmen.

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