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	Mmegi Online ::> news we need to know
		Basarwa attorney, Gordon Bennett yesterday moved that the case should be adjourned due to lack of funds.
		He said that if the attorneys for Basarwa think the case is important, then they should make sacrifices and appear for the applicants whether they are paid or unpaid.
		Bennett said the Basarwa attorneys were not there for money but believe they can assist their clients in resolving the issue of their relocation by the government from the Central Kalahari Game Reserve (CKGR).
	www.mmegi.bw /2005/September/Thursday15/186954573508.html (738 words)

	Latest News - Republic of Botswana (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-18)
		Some Basarwa may have reached the lower ranks of senior posts or upper ranks of middle management but for fear of ethnic victimisation and ridicule, they may be hiding their ethnic identity as a survival strategy.
		This, therefore, means that Basarwa continue to suffer the injustices embodied in the non-recognition of their cultural practices which should be used as the ideal for developing egalitarian laws relating to marriage and custodianship of children.
		Basarwa’s form of customary validation of marriage is often frowned upon by tribal citizens from bogadi-paying cultures who also happen to dominate many national institutions where their non-recognition of such unions influences decisions on the rights conferred on ethnic minorities.
	www.gov.bw /cgi-bin/news.cgi?d=20030916 (4421 words)

	Africanews - 75 - June 2002
		The government accuses the Basarwa of depleting the park's natural resources, while the Basarwa - backed by international groups - say that the government is violating their rights by trying to relocate them and that their impact on the environment is negligible.
		Rather, the Basarwa have a well-thought out way of managing natural resources, wrote Albertson, who is also a technical adviser with the negotiating team of non-governmental organisations that are negotiating with the government on the plight of these indigenous people.
		The Basarwa's exclusion from the mainstream economy has ensured that their lives have remained simple, as most of them are hunters and gatherers.
	web.peacelink.it /afrinews/75_issue/p2.html (1522 words)

	The Head Heeb: Diamonds and nomads
		Since 1985, the Botswana government has undertaken a concerted effort to relocate the Basarwa living in the game reserve, but has always denied that diamonds were involved or that any Basarwa were being forced to leave.
		The government claims that relocation was necessary because the Basarwa were establishing agricultural settlements in the reserve that were incompatible with wildlife conservation, and that the transfer is being accomplished through incentives to settle in development towns that provide a standard of living similar to that in urban Botswana.
		They are not without resources; the Basarwa have one representative in Botswana's House of Chiefs, and a court challenge advanced last month with a favorable procedural ruling in the High Court.
	headheeb.blogmosis.com /archives/014926.html (370 words)

	SAN, KHWE, BASARWA, OR BUSHMEN (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-18)
		ROBERT K. The San, who are also called the Khwe (Khoe), Basarwa, or Bushmen, are some of the best-known groups of people in the world, thanks in part to extensive research, films, popular books and articles, and detailed documentation by development workers and extension personnel conducted over many years.
		The terms "San,” “Khwe,” “Bushmen," and "Basarwa" have all been used to refer to peoples of hunting and gathering origin in southern Africa.
		Childers, Gary W. Report on the Survey/Investigation of the Ghanzi Farm Basarwa Situation.
	www.kalaharipeoples.org /documents/San-term.htm (1675 words)

	Environment News Service ENS Latest Environmental Information Education Current Issues RSS
		The great majority of the Basarwa communities are anxious to seize the opportunity for an improvement in the quality of their lives and the lives of their children," the government claims.
		Basarwa, also known as San or Bushmen, are the oldest ethnic group of Southern Africa and are its original inhabitants.
		Survival International did not immediately comment on the allegations, but a statement from Ditshwanelo said that it was "not convinced" that diamonds were the reasons for the relocation, and urged the government to meet representatives of the negotiating team to reach a solution to the current situation.
	www.ens-newswire.com /ens/nov2002/2002-11-11-03.asp (981 words)

	Third World Network Africa - TWN Africa
		In the CKGR re-location issue, where some Basarwa appear to prefer a government aided stand, it is oftentimes believed to be due to pressure, probably because deep down in the minds of their ‘supporters’, many Basarwa may not be able to resist government because of fear.
		Basarwa are immediately relegated to a position of ‘women,’ the opposite of that which is masculine, the opposite of that which is powerful.
		Tensions between the supporters of Basarwa have now shifted the discourse from the binary oppositions, which are often drawn between government on one side as the archetypical aggressor, and Basarwa and the NGOs, donors and academics one side as a unified camp of supporters.
	twnafrica.org /news_detail.asp?twnID=210 (7218 words)

	Bushmen - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The Bushmen (also known as Khwe [Khoe], Basarwa, or San) peoples of South Africa and neighbouring Botswana and Namibia, who live in the Kalahari, are part of the Khoisan group and are related to the Khoikhoi.
		While they have no collective name for themselves in any of their languages, all of which incorporate click consonants, they do identify themselves by group with such names as Ju/’hoansi and !Kung (the punctuation characters representing different clicks).
		In Botswana, the officially used term is Basarwa [4], although Basarwa, a Tswana language label, also has negative connotations.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Basarwa (795 words)

	SABCnews.com - africa/southern_africa
		The Basarwa of Botswana went to a special court in the Kalahari Desert today to appeal against their eviction from ancestral lands, testing their traditional rights against government plans to modernise the country.
		Lawyers for the Basarwa said the government had violated the constitution when it ordered them out of the Central Kalahari Game Reserve in 2001, saying their lands were too vast to be reached by essential services.
		The Basarwa have lived in the region for thousands of years and many still survive as traditional hunters and gatherers in an unforgiving desert environment.
	www.sabcnews.com /africa/southern_africa/0,2172,83462,00.html (424 words)

	Botswana
		The Government did not allow Basarwa who relocated to enter the CKGR without a permit, which was required of all visitors to enter the reserve; however, roadblocks around the CKGR were ineffective, and during the year, a few Basarwa reoccupied the territory.
		The Basarwa remained economically and politically marginalized, have lost access to their traditional land in fertile regions of the country, and were vulnerable to exploitation by their non-Basarwa neighbors.
		In April 2002, the Government forcibly resettled all Basarwa from the CKGR to the government-created settlement areas of Kaudwane, New Xade, and Xere, where the facilities had to cope with a doubling of population without an increase in resources.
	www.state.gov /g/drl/rls/hrrpt/2003/27713.htm (6312 words)

	UNDP Botswana
		It follows therefore that the discourse on the Basarwa should be based on a proper appreciation of the roles of the various players.
		The Basarwa need civil society to help deliver essential development services to them; to help them organise themselves in order to acquire a voice; and to advocate for their rights.
		Strange as it may seem, civil society’s role on the issues of the Basarwa of necessity includes an element of paternalism, simply because this is a group that is extremely lacking in organisation and capacity to deal with a complex globalised society.
	www.unbotswana.org.bw /undp/speech1.html (2170 words)

	Bushmen and diamonds (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-18)
		The plight of Botswana’s minority people, the Basarwa (also known as busmen or San), is alluded to in the No.1 Ladies Detective Agency series when Mma Ramotswe looks after some orphans, but her kind-heartedness is not the norm when it comes to treatment of the Basarwa in their own country.
		International protest against the removals and subordination of the Basarwa is increasing with it having been discussed in the British parliament, the UN Human Rights Commission, the African Commission on Human and Peoples’ right, an organ of the African Union, and, as mentioned earlier, Survival International.
		President Mogae has previously described the Basarwa living in the game reserve as "stone age creature[s]" who would "die out like the dodo" and since the removals have begun has said any Basarwa who went back into the game reserve would be in breach of contract and be taken to court.
	www.africanreviewofbooks.com /Reviews/good.html (1031 words)

	Sources of Food of the Basarawa in Botswana
		A 1996 IFAD social assessment notes that the Basarwa and other ethnic minorities living in the Remote Area Dweller (RAD) settlements are the poorest of the poor.
		Even when the Basarwa have a plot of land in their possession, it is not unusual for them to plough it just to get the government ploughing subsidy, but then not plant crops in it.
		Payments made to the Basarwa in food, as is sometimes the case, are more likely to contribute to food security.
	www.ifad.org /hfs/learning/bt.htm (885 words)

	SADOCC - News - Basarwa lose court bid for land (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-18)
		The Basarwa hunter gatherers may have lost the first round of their court bid to remain in the Central Kalahari Game Reserve, but they still have another chance to fight their removal, one of their lawyers said on Monday, April 22.
		The Basarwa, also known as the San, are contesting their removal from the reserve - their ancestral land and burial grounds - to resettlement camps.
		The exact number of Basarwa who were affected was not known, but estimated to be about 700, he added.
	www.sadocc.at /news2002/2002-139.shtml (448 words)

	Education system accused of discriminating against San
		Teachers in Botswana ill-treat Basarwa, or San, children in an attempt to force them out of school, according to a report released at a multiculturalism seminar held in Gaborone at the end of April.
		To capture the sentiments of Basarwa and their perceptions about non-Basarwa teachers, Mazonde reproduced sections of a 1999 interview researcher Elizabeth Reynolds had with a Masarwa parent.
		The Masarwa parent stated that teachers normally say to Basarwa children: "We give you food you don't have at home, why do you not learn?' The reason why teachers handle Basarwa kids this way is because they say Basarwa children used to live in the bush.
	www.newsfromafrica.org /newsfromafrica/articles/art_904.html (927 words)

	Botswana
		The Government did not allow Basarwa who relocated to enter the CKGR without a permit, which was required of all visitors to enter the reserve; however, in November roadblocks around the CKGR became ineffective and several Basarwa reoccupied the territory (see Sections 1.f.
		The Basarwa (also known as Bushmen or San), who now chiefly inhabit the Kalahari Desert, are the earliest known inhabitants of the country and were the only inhabitants until Bantu speaking groups arrived during the 16th century.
		In April the Government required all Basarwa to leave the CKGR and resettle in the townships of Kaudwane New Xade, and Xere, where the facilities had to cope with a doubling of population without an increase in resources (see Section 1.f.).
	www.state.gov /g/drl/rls/hrrpt/2002/18169.htm (7392 words)

	LandNet (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-18)
		The government was, however, considering a programme suggested by the European Union (EU) which would involve the Basarwa in tourism-related community development in the CKGR and adjacent areas.
		It had long been the government's stated intention to persuade the Basarwa to move out of the CKGR as part of its policy to develop tourism in the area.
		In November, Nasha's deputy Gladys Kokorwe said only that the Basarwa must relocate to places of their choice where it would be cost effective to provided them with services.
	www.landweb.org /inbrief-april02-3.htm (403 words)

	Water appeal for Basarwa (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-18)
		The government announced earlier this week it would implement a decision announced to the Basarwa in August 2001 to cut off the services from January 31, saying that at a cost of 55 000 pula (R93 000) a month, it was too expensive to continue.
		Most of the Basarwa are classified as destitute and entitled to government food handouts, which until now have been delivered to points in the reserve.
		Ditshwanelo is supported by the Basarwa's own organisation the First People of the Kalahari, the Working Group for Indigenous Minorities in Southern Africa, the Kuru Development Trust which provides mainly art and craft work for the Basarwa and the Botswana Council of Churches.
	www.news24.com /News24/Archive/0,6119,2-1659_1139528,00.html (404 words)

	Basarwa Relocation - Introduction (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-18)
		Allegations have been made that Basarwa have been forcibly removed from their ancestral land inside the Game Reserve to make way for mining.The purpose of this write up is to provide the true facts and other detailed information on the reasons behind the relocation as well as how the CKGR relocation exercise was implemented.
		Speakers of Khoisan languages in Botswana are collectively known to themselves and others as “Basarwa”, though many of their dialects are quite distinct from one another.
		Botswana has an estimated population of about 60 000 Basarwa, most of whom live in small, multi-ethnic and multi-lingual remote area communities spread across seven districts in the country namely, the Southern, Kweneng, Kgatleng, Ghanzi, Kgalagadi, Central and North West districts.
	www.gov.bw /basarwa/background.html (3102 words)

	SABCnews.com - africa/southern_africa
		The Botswana government has dismissed reports in the British Daily Telegraph that it would change the Constitution if it lost the case in which Basarwa are claiming efforts to persuade them to relocate from lands they claim as ancestral were unconstitutional; and said it was pleased with the way the hearing was going.
		Pilane suggested that the CKGR had been established to placate (white) farmers, not for the Basarwa, as an area in which they could live and hunt.
		Silberbauer admitted after questioning that was an ancillary reason, as were other factors, but stressed the main reason was for the welfare of the Basarwa.
	www.sabcnews.com /africa/southern_africa/0,2172,83748,00.html (303 words)

	Latest News - Republic of Botswana (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-18)
		He said Basarwa did not make demands for their rights and there was no feeling of denial and dispossession in 1961.
		He said as a colonial government civil servant his views on Basarwa had to be in tandem with those of his masters.
		He said it was correct that the colonial government and other people saw Basarwa as "curiosities." He also conceded that providing Basarwa with amenities will deprive the farmers of labour which they easily got from Basarwa.
	www.gov.bw /cgi-bin/news.cgi?d=20040715&i=Who_says_they_are_Bushmen (686 words)

	Mmegi Online ::> news we need to know
		Since the Basarwa did not draw maps on paper, it was necessary that Hardbattle and his right hand man, Roy Sesana, should seek evidence that would prove to the Batswana scholars and the government that there was a system to the way that Sarwa ancestors lived in Botswana.
		There was plenty of evidence that the Basarwa sought sustenance from nature in patterns directed by the womenfolk and dictated by the seasons, Hardbattle and Sesana argued.
		Folklore suggests that the royalty and aristocracy of the Bangwato of the Central District intermingled with the Basarwa.
	www.mmegi.bw /2004/July/Friday2/7262190111769.html (1410 words)

	Latest News - Republic of Botswana (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-18)
		He admitted that the political development of the now Botswana has given Basarwa equal status with the rest of the population, adding that "Tswanas are courteous people." He said enfranchisement of Basarwa is a good thing and that for them to be going to school was a realisation of his dream.
		He said at the time of the survey, Basarwa in the CKGR did not keep livestock but recalled that "for a short period, somebody kept a dog" which had been left by the owner.
		He denied ever implying that the Basarwa should remain "museum curios." He said he used that term to mean that some uninformed people would like to see Basarwa remaining as such.
	www.gov.bw /cgi-bin/news.cgi?d=20040721&i=Silberbaeur_limps_home (978 words)

	Latest News - Republic of Botswana (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-18)
		The study was undertaken to assess state and manner in which they (Basarwa) might be included in the "national life of the Independent Bechuanaland of the future".
		Silberbaeur said he did not know if the rights of Basarwa were greater than that of other Batswana, but Pilane pointed out to him that Basarwa were not accorded the right to choose when they were forcibly removed from where they leaved to give way for white farmers.
		He said the Basarwa at CKGR had goats, donkeys and dogs but, were not pasturalists, their livestock contributed less to their hunting and gathering.
	www.gov.bw /cgi-bin/news.cgi?d=20040716&i=Basarwa_not_most_primitive (546 words)

	Tensions heightened over fate of Basarwa (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-18)
		The government said that of Botswana's 60,000 Basarwa, most of whom live in small, remote communities scattered throughout the country, about 3,000 lived in the CKGR when it was gazetted as a game reserve.
		The Basarwa were abandoning their traditional means of hunting on foot with bow and arrows, in favour of guns, horses and even four-wheel drive vehicles.
		There is also concern over the exclusion of the Basarwa from the country's House of Chiefs, the non-recognition of their tribal status, and of their form of land use as legitimate.
	www.irinnews.org /print.asp?ReportID=37586 (1274 words)

	Mmegi Online ::> news we need to know
		The schools would be manned by bilingual Basarwa so that Basarwa children can be taught their traditions in their environment.
		He added that Basarwa have been disposed of a vital resource when they were removed from their ancestral lands.
		Representatives of Basarwa came to the aid of Corry saying it was them who enlisted the support of Survival International.
	www.mmegi.bw /2004/March/Thursday18/901408391053.html (562 words)

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