G/wi
De Beers Bends Under Pressure
The story of the G/wi persecution took a new turn this week when the De Beers diamond company asked the government of Botswana to stop removing the San people from their lands—the international protests might hurt sales. Jeff Ramsay, a spokesman for Botswana President Festus Mogae, announced that Chairman Nicky Oppenheimer of De Beers had […]
Alternative Nobel Prizes Awarded
People from two of the peaceful societies featured in this website have just been awarded the prestigious Right Livelihood prizes, also known as the Alternative Nobel Prizes. The awards will be presented by the King of Sweden in a ceremony in Stockholm on December 9. According to a news report on October 4 from the […]
Protests Continue on Behalf of the San Peoples
Pressure continues to mount around the world on behalf of the G/wi and G//ana peoples who were displaced from their homes in the Central Kalahari Game Reserve (CKGR) by the government of Botswana. Advocates for the rights of the two San societies claim that De Beers, the huge international diamond corporation, is behind the government’s […]
Tensions Grow in Botswana over G/wi Appeal
The G/wi appeal to Botswana’s highest court over their expulsion from the Central Kalahari Game Reserve (CKGR) has generated a lot of publicity this past week. However, it is not clear if the international concern about the traditional San society will help them at all. The G/wi and the G//ana, another San society, argue that the […]
US State Department Criticizes Discrimination Against G/wi.
The 2005 annual Human Rights report from the US State Department has criticized the government of Botswana for violating the rights of the San peoples when it evicted them from their traditional homeland in the Central Kalahari Game Reserve. Cultural Survival highlighted this recent development in its weekly news service on April 14. The State […]
Traditional G/wi Hunting Rights Defended
The Botswana High court has resumed hearing a suit by the G/wi to restore their traditional hunting rights in the Central Kalahari Game Reserve. The G/wi and the G//ana, a nearby San society, were forced out of their traditional homelands in the Reserve by the government of Botswana in the late 1980s and they have […]
