'Wildlife officials can keep chickens, Bushmen can't' 27 May 2005Botswana's Director of Wildlife Joseph Matlhare said yesterday in court that wildlife officials working in the Central Kalahari Game Reserve were allowed to keep chickens, but the Bushmen were not.
Botswana:Judges allow Wildlife Director to testify 26 May 2005The Bushmen court case continued yesterday with the judges ruling that Joseph Matlhare, former Director of Wildlife, should proceed with his evidence.
Botswana:Government witness contradicts himself 24 May 2005In re-examination yesterday, the Assistant Director of Wildlife, Jan Broekhuis, claimed he had 'no reason to believe' that figures in a graph he had drawn were unreliable.
Botswana:Witness exposes government 23 May 2005Cross-examination of a key witness in the court battle between the Kalahari Bushmen and the Botswana government has exposed the governments given reasons for the evictions as false.
Botswana:Government's reason for evicting Bushmen shown to be false 19 May 2005The Assistant Director in charge of the Central Kalahari Game Reserve, Jan Broekhuis, has admitted in court that he ignored a 2001 Bushmen proposal which would have maintained the Bushmen's water supply at zero cost to the government.
Botswana:Wildlife official quizzed over Reserve's management plan 10 May 2005Cross-examined by the Bushmen's legal team, the civil servant responsible for wildlife parks admitted being mistaken in his assumption that the Cabinet had to approve the management plan for the Central Kalahari Game Reserve.
Botswana:Government lawyer threatens 'CKGR tour' 9 May 2005Sidney Pilane, the government's principal lawyer in the Bushmen relocation court case, today threatened to submit an application for the court to tour the Central Kalahari Game Reserve again.
Botswana:Bushmen evicted 'so they could be protected against game' 6 May 2005The government attorney in the Bushmen court case has explained the Bushmen's eviction by telling the court, 'It was decided that residents should be in areas where they could be protected against game.'
Botswana:Kalahari ecologist: Bushmen live better in reserve 5 May 2005Kalahari ecologist Arthur Albertson told Botswanas high court this week that the Gana and Gwi Bushmens lives were better in the Central Kalahari where they could hunt and gather than in the government eviction camps.
