Court adjourned for day trip in helicopter
Precious days to hear evidence from government witnesses on Bushman evictions are once more being wasted in court.
Precious days to hear evidence from government witnesses on Bushman evictions are once more being wasted in court.
A new play telling the story of the eviction of the Gana and Gwi Bushmen and their campaign to return to their land is being staged in South Africa next week.
The Gana and Gwi Bushmen's court case against the Botswana government restarts on Monday 8 August after a seven-week adjournment.
Human rights organization Survival has today targeted US jewellery designer Neil Lane in its continued battle with De Beers, over the eviction of the Central Kalahari Bushmen in Botswana to make way for diamond mining.
Australian Professor Kenneth Good, who was deported from Botswana last month as a 'threat to national security,' lost his appeal in the Botswana courts on July 27.
The Botswana government has denied the torture of seven Gana 'Bushmen' by wildlife officials last month.
The BBC's flagship news programme Newsnight has broadcast an in-depth investigation into the Botswana government's expulsion of the Bushmen from their ancestral land.
Survival will continue its campaign in support of the Bushmen of the Central Kalahari Game Reserve despite allegations by De Beers.