San People Take Botswana Govt to Court
The indigenous San people are taking the government to court for illegally refusing them access to their ancestral land.
Documents
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Kalahari San Water Appeal Judgement - Botswana High Court
- Publisher:
- Survival International
- Publication Date:
- 27 January 2011
Full High Court ruling that has found that: - the San have the right to use their old borehole, which the government had banned them ... see more »
InFocus
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In a momentous decision, Botswanas Court of Appeal has quashed a ruling that denied the Kalahari San access to water on their ancestral lands. Read more »
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CAPITALISM! The obsession with WESTERN (United States and Europe) style BLING BLING "for the few" is at the root. We celebrate Botswana's being ACCEPTED by western money lovers who talk of their good banks, etc. Now the REQUIREMENT to SELF-DESTROY Botswana culture to keep pleasing the WEST. INDIGENOUS IS THE HEART OF CULTURE. Who PROTECTS "T H E I R" cultures and who caters to destroying their cultures "V O L U N T A R I L Y" to be ACCEPTED (accepted being code word for BACK-DOOR COLONIALISM AND SLAVERY).
Thoughout history the rich and powerful have always find ways of supressing the weak and vulnerable,but this case with the san bushmen should have everybody on their feet against this corrupt and backward botswana government. long live the san bushmen.
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