Thought you might be interested in a case that has taken three years
 (2004 - 2006) to conclude. It occupied the best part of BTV programmes
 yesterday (9am to around 7pm). The Basarwa (so-called Bushmen) won their
 case against the Government of Botswana. The Basarwa were contesting
 their removal from the Central Kalahari Game Reserve. Three judges
 (Dibotelo Maruping, Unity Dhow, and M.Phumaphi) ruled (two to one) in
 favor of the Basarwa. The dissenting opinion that favoured government
 was that of Justice Dibotelo Maruping.
 
 Our twenty-first century hunter-gatherers may now go back to the game
 reserve to do what they do best; hunt for their livelihood with cell-
 phones in their hands! They may claim compensation for the inconvenience
 of being removed from the CKGR and such claims would have to come before
 a judge.
 
 The schools and residences that government has built for the Basarwa
 outside the CKGR are modern and beautiful. The little boys and girls
 that one sees in the new schools are strikingly beautiful and well taken
 care of.
 
 However, as we say in ChiNyanja, "Kwanu nkwanu mthengo mdalaka njoka."