government persecution
G/wi Arrested for Hunting on their Own Land
Survival International reported on Monday that the Botswana police have arrested 21 G/wi and G//ana people because they were caught hunting on their traditional lands in the Central Kalahari Game Reserve. Last December, in an internationally watched case, the High Court of the country decided that these San people did have the right to return […]
G/wi Finally Start to Go Home
This past weekend, a group of 40 San people finally returned to their homes in the Central Kalahari Game Reserve, despite hassles two weeks ago from Botswana government officials. Police at one of the resettlement camps, where the G/wi and G//ana have been living for several years, attempted to dissuade them from returning to the […]
Botswana Court Testimonies Conclude, with Beatings around the Bush
The lengthy court battle between the Botswana government and the G/wi and G//ana people, who want to regain their rights to live on their traditional lands, will wrap up by May 15th. Formal testimonies in the courtroom and brutal beatings in the Kalahari bush continue, as they have over the past two years, during 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 […]
