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Welcome! This website - a project of, and strongly linked to, the Kalahari Peoples Fund - is designed to be just that bit in advance of a change that is rapidly taking place in even the most remote rural communities. High-speed connections are being installed and gradually improved. People speaking San languages are working on computers, communicating and learning through them. The Internet has arrived.

The Kalahari Peoples Network has been developed in response to requests from individuals and communities who want to use this new and important tool. It extends the formidable network of stories that has always existed in the Kalahari. In addition, it provides a two-way communication tool. Information is available for those outside San culture who are interested to know more. More importantly, it provides a means of communication for the San themselves – a way of expressing concerns, airing issues and communicating.

New publication: Heritage and Cultures in Namibia

2008-11-17 08:27:45

On 26th November, in Windhoek, will be the publication of a Festschrift to honour 30 years of TUCSIN – and its main founder, Beatrice Sandelovsky. Invitation and details of publication.

Bibliography of San genocide & ethnocide

2008-11-16 10:13:33

This extensive reading list of material referring to the human rights issues of genocide and ethnocide has been prepared by Wayne A Babchuk and Robert K Hitchcock.

Community-Based resource management

2008-11-16 09:59:24

A major conservation and development strategy employed in southern Africa since the late 1980s and in Botswana since 1990 is known as community-based conservation (CBC) or community-based natural resource management (CBNRM). The main idea behind community-based conservation is that communities get the rights to the benefits from natural resources. In this paper Bob Hitchcock outlines the steps and process needed to set up such a structure.

The Nyae Nyae Development Foundation of Namibia

2008-10-13 13:04:35

The Nyae Nyae Development Foundation of Namibia (NNDFN) was founded in 1981 to support the Ju/’hoansi (San) people of the Nyae Nyae area in the former eastern Bushmanland (Tsumkwe east). NNDFN now supports the Nyae Nyae Conservancy, a community-based organization responsible for managing the natural resources in the area.

The San and rural development in W Botswana

2008-10-13 10:14:30

NEW ITEM: A paper by Rein Dekker. Dierctor, Letloa Trust, Botswana. The full text appears under the heading ACADEMIC / Other

Interview with the women presenters at XKFM radio

2008-10-10 15:04:48

Regina Beregho and Stella Kambiba are breaking new ground at the !Xun and Khwe radio station at Platfontein in the Northern Cape. Marlene Winberg interviewed them about their jobs as the first San women in radio.

A story told by Stella Kambimba of XKFM

2008-10-08 09:47:00

Stella Kambimba started her career in radio by telling Khwedam stories to children. This is one of her favourites.

It’s about Time: An exhibition at Living Landscape

2008-09-29 12:38:14

The Clanwilliam Living Landscape Project is part of the University of Cape Town’s Archaeology Department’s outreach programme, creating jobs and offering training in the Clanwilliam District of Western Cape, South Africa. On Saturday 27th September, a new and fascinating exhibition was opened there.

Bushmans Kloof – near Clanwilliam

2008-09-25 12:47:10

Bushmans Kloof is about a very special connection to the San people who lived here once – and not so long ago. The memory of their footprints seems to have only just blown away. You can almost sense the sound of ancient voices and the clapping of the women as they begin the dance, the music of the thumb piano and soft laughter.