Botswana: Bushmen ‘Determined’ As Legal Battle Over Water Approaches Climax

Botswana: Bushmen ‘Determined’ As Legal Battle Over Water Approaches Climax   On January 17th, Botswana’s Court of Appeal will begin a hearing to decide whether Kalahari Bushmen living on their ancestral lands have the right to water.   The Bushmen, who returned to their lands in the Central Kalahari Game Reserve after a previous court victory, are appealing against a 2010 High Court ruling that denied their right to access a well in the reserve they had used for decades.   The 2010 ruling,...

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