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| Bushman child, CKGR, Botswana 2004
© 2004 Stephen Corry/Survival |
Botswana's International Socialist organisation has started a campaign in support of the Bushmen of the Central Kalahari Game Reserve.
In a letter to the UK paper Socialist Worker', the Botswana socialists
write, Our campaign gives the lie to the Botswanan government's claim
that only "foreign" organisations are concerned over this issue.'
Our petition calls on the government to unconditionally grant the
Basarwa [Bushmen] the right to live in their communities inside the
Central Kalahari Game Reserve, to immediately stop the harassment and
criminalisation of the Basarwa, to allow an independent inquiry into
torture of Basarwa and to fully respect the Basarwa's constitutional
rights.'
We cannot be silent. It is the right of the Basarwa to live on their
land and to determine their way and pace of development on their own.'
