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 »
A high profile San activist was arrested and held overnight while travelling through the Central Kalahari Game Reserve over the weekend leaving the community's lawyer stranded in ... Read more »
The deadline for the world to meet its millennium development goals is now only four years away, yet in sub-Saharan Africa, there are still 570 million people without adequate ... Read more »
The U.S. ambassador to Botswana strongly condemned the government's forced eviction of the Kalahari San, according to secret U.S. embassy cables. Read more »
A local man armed with rudimentary tools and a passion to ease people's suffering, he has tapped a spring in the mountain above the Naotcha townships to provide water for its ... Read more »
The Water and Energy Summit is bringing into sharp focus the country's water problems and possible solutions are being tabled on how to best deal with the situation. Read more »
The township of Khayelitsha has been rocked by violent service delivery protests, government vehicles was burnt including a truck carrying matric exam papers. Read more »
Scientists have developed an affordable hand-washing device for poor communities to fight and prevent water-borne diseases. Read more »
Farmers warned yesterday that the country's deteriorating water quality could put European export markets at risk. Read more »
A Botswana judge has prohibited the Basarwa people of the Kalahari from re-equipping a borehole or drilling a new one in the Central Kgalagadi Game Reserve - the latest incident in ... Read more »
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