Botswana

Compiled by Shelagh Willet & Stella Monageng et.al at the University of Botswana which houses a unique collection of contemporary published and unpublished written material on the indigenous minority of Southern Africa, The aim was to make this literature available in one collection, and thus promote research on, with, and by, this minority. The volume lists over a thousand bibliographic entries covering the social sciences, languages and history, as well as publications from national an...read more

Residents of the Central Kalahari Game Reserve (CKGR) have appealed against a government decision to cut basic services to those living in the reserve. Heard on 11 July, the appeal by Roy Sesana and 247 other residents, against a previous High Court ruling against them, was referred back to the High Court in Lobatse.

Kalahari Conservation Society, a Botswana based environmental watchdog, leapt to support government's proposal to the Secretariat of the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species, aimed at selling the country's huge stockpile of elephant ivory, the organisation said on Thursday.

The Botswana, Zimbabwe and South African governments are discussing the establishment of a transfrontier park along the Shashe/Limpopo (Shalimpo) rivers confluence and the Truli block area.

Popular Gabz FM radio presenter and MISA-Botswana Chairperson Solomon Monyame and Gabz FM management have been jointly sued for the sum of Botswana Pula 1.7 million (approx. US$279,330) in damages over announcements broadcast on the station's breakfast show on 6 June 2002. On 6 June, Monyame announced between 6:45 and 6:55 a.m. (local time) that he would interview Radio Botswana 2 (RB2) announcer Gloria Kgosi on allegations that she was harassed by Botsalo Ntuane, executive secretary of the r...read more

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