Kalahari Bushmen denied water rights
July 22 2010 at 01:59AM
source: IOL
Gaborone, Botswana – A court in Botswana on Wednesday ruled that indigenous dwellers in one of the driest parts of the world will not be allowed to drill wells for water.
The Botswana High Court said the Bushmen people were not entitled to use a well already established on their traditional land in the Kalahari Game Reserve or excavate a new one.
The government has argued that the Bushmen’s presence in the reserve is not compatible with preserving wildlife and that living in such harsh conditions offers few prospects.
In 2006, another court allowed the Bushmen to return to desert-like homelands where diamond mining claims and a new luxury tourist lodge led to their eviction by [continue reading]
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