Botswana leaves Bushmen in desert without water: “…The government cut off water supplies to the remaining Bushmen communities in its latest attempt to force them off their ancestral lands. Many of the 700 Bushmen still living in the reserve at the start of this month have now been forced to leave.

The Gana* and Gwi* have lived on their lands, which include the area covered by the reserve, for 20,000 years. Under international law, they own the land. But for 16 years the Botswana government have waged a campaign of harassment to force them off their lands and into ‘resettlement camps’ where they cannot continue their way of life, and where they are dependent on government handouts. Boredom, alcoholism and despair are rife in the camps, described by one Bushman as ‘a place of death.’ ” Survival International
(*The names Gana and Gwi contain sounds not conveyed by this spelling, and can be written as G//ana and G/wi. Survival omits the symbols ‘//’ and ‘/’ as they are not understood by most people internationally.)