Botswana: Borehole Breakthrough For Botswana’s Bushmen

Botswana: Borehole Breakthrough For Botswana’s Bushmen   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 their full return to their ancestral lands following a landmark court ruling in 2006.   Despite winning Botswana’s longest running court case over four years ago, the Bushmen’s fundamental right to water was only...

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