INTRODUCTON
The purpose of this paper is to provide an in-depth analysis of the accusations that the Botswana government in violating the human rights of the Basarwa. It shall also give the analysis on how and why the government violate their rights. The cases supporting this accusations shall also be provided.
BRIEF BACKGROUND ON THE BASARWA
According to Charles Manga Fombad on Botswana Legal System and Legal Research, the nomadic Basarwa (also known as Bushmen) are probably the earliest inhabitants of what is now Botswana. The Tswana speaking people later settled upon the area during the 17th and 18th centuries. (GlobaLex - UPDATE_ Botswana’s Legal System and Legal Research 2011).This is why Basarwa identify themselves as indigenous people. …show more content…
For example, they have been described to be shorter in height and yellowish in complexion and narrow eyes with high cheekbones (Sillery 1974). Normally they depend on hunting and the gathering of wild fruits and barriers for their livelihood.
They are thought to have been less integrated and were structured in small groups with no guidance from political/chief’s leadership unlike other Batswanas. However all the statements of studies made on them tend to be contradictory. For example, revisionist researchers suggest that the Basarwa were politically organized as the Tswana with leaders and the mould of chiefs (African Commission on Human; International Work Group …show more content…
The government also said that it would not provide services, including health care and water, to the remaining Basarwa population. (The Botswana Gazette 2014). This shows that the judgment made it worse than before.
They brought the government again to court on June 2010. On this, they requested that the government should re-open their borehole or that they be given the permission to drill another borehole at their expense (The Botswana Gazette 2014). This borehole was shut after the 2006 case. In 2011 Botswana’s Court of Appeal supported the matter that they should be given the right to sink boreholes. The government instead gave Wilderness Safaris permission to dig boreholes for water, which supply a pleasant swimming-pool. But refused give Bushmen the permission to dig for water (Simpson
The purpose of this paper is to provide an in-depth analysis of the accusations that the Botswana government in violating the human rights of the Basarwa. It shall also give the analysis on how and why the government violate their rights. The cases supporting this accusations shall also be provided.
BRIEF BACKGROUND ON THE BASARWA
According to Charles Manga Fombad on Botswana Legal System and Legal Research, the nomadic Basarwa (also known as Bushmen) are probably the earliest inhabitants of what is now Botswana. The Tswana speaking people later settled upon the area during the 17th and 18th centuries. (GlobaLex - UPDATE_ Botswana’s Legal System and Legal Research 2011).This is why Basarwa identify themselves as indigenous people. …show more content…
For example, they have been described to be shorter in height and yellowish in complexion and narrow eyes with high cheekbones (Sillery 1974). Normally they depend on hunting and the gathering of wild fruits and barriers for their livelihood.
They are thought to have been less integrated and were structured in small groups with no guidance from political/chief’s leadership unlike other Batswanas. However all the statements of studies made on them tend to be contradictory. For example, revisionist researchers suggest that the Basarwa were politically organized as the Tswana with leaders and the mould of chiefs (African Commission on Human; International Work Group …show more content…
The government also said that it would not provide services, including health care and water, to the remaining Basarwa population. (The Botswana Gazette 2014). This shows that the judgment made it worse than before.
They brought the government again to court on June 2010. On this, they requested that the government should re-open their borehole or that they be given the permission to drill another borehole at their expense (The Botswana Gazette 2014). This borehole was shut after the 2006 case. In 2011 Botswana’s Court of Appeal supported the matter that they should be given the right to sink boreholes. The government instead gave Wilderness Safaris permission to dig boreholes for water, which supply a pleasant swimming-pool. But refused give Bushmen the permission to dig for water (Simpson