Survival International has been speaking to Bushmen from the Central Kalahari Game Reserve as they celebrate drinking water from the Mothomelo borehole for the first time in nine years. It marks a significant step towards …
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Borehole breakthrough for Botswana’s Bushmen
Victory for Kalahari Bushmen as court grants right to water
In a case which may have implications for London-listed Gem Diamonds, the Botswana government has been judged guilty of ‘degrading treatment’. The case was described as ‘a harrowing story of human suffering and despair’.
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Botswana approves $3bn mine as Bushman water case gets underway
Botswana’s government has green-lighted a massive $3bn mine in the Central Kalahari Game Reserve – in the middle of the Kalahari Bushmen’s appeal against the Botswana authorities’ refusal to allow them access to water there.…
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Botswana government rejects high-profile court ruling
Four years on from a court victory which saw the Kalahari Bushmen win the right to live on their ancestral lands, the Botswana government has issued a statement flouting the ruling.
Survival International believes that …
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Celebrities back Survival’s call to boycott Botswana diamonds
Gillian Anderson, Quentin Blake, Joanna Lumley, Sophie Okonedo, and Mark Rylance are amongst the celebrities who have pledged not to travel to Botswana or wear its diamonds until the Bushmen are allowed to live on …
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Outrage as Botswana Bushmen denied water rights – while Gem Diamonds is allowed access
A Botswana judge has ruled that Bushmen who returned to their lands in the Central Kalahari Game Reserve are not allowed to drill wells for water. The decision condemns them to having to walk up …
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Botswana army and police enter Bushman reserve
Trucks of soldiers and police entered the Central Kalahari Game Reserve last week, according to Survival International. Survival believes this is to intimidate the Bushmen, and perhaps even force them out, because:
1) Gem Diamonds …
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Demonstrators target Graff Diamonds’ London store
11 February 2009
Survival International’s campaign targeting Graff Diamonds over its involvement in a controversial diamond mine planned on the land of Kalahari Bushmen in Botswana has stepped up a gear. Thirty protestors gathered yesterday …
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