BOTSWANA: Six Bushmen fined for hunting

February 9, 2005
Issue 
614
World

Despite Botswana's President Festus Mogae November claim to British MPs that Bushmen had been allowed to hunt in the Kalahari Game Reserve, on February 2 Botswanan courts handed out 1000-pula (AU$310) fines for hunting gembok antelope. The Bushmen were imprisoned for two weeks before the trial. Three years ago, the Bushmen were evicted from their land by the government, since then many have returned with the permission of the government, under heavy international pressure.

From Â鶹´«Ã½ Weekly, February 9, 2005.
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