SILENCED IN OXFORD Don't mention bushmen

From: The Sunday Telegraph London | Date: October 23, 2005| Author: | Copyright information

The tragedy of the Kalahari bushmen is nearing its end. In the past month, the Botswanan government has turned to open violence against the handful of bushmen who have tried to return to the Central Kalahari Game Reserve, set up by the British in 1961 as a haven for the last bushmen surviving in the wild and guaranteed under Botswana's constitition.

Bushmen have been fired on by police, and several of them wounded, including a seven-year-old boy. Their huts have been burned. Their leaders have been arrested. Botswana's government is confident it can get away with such conduct, because its ...

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