Issues

A cry from the heart

2010-07-13 12:02:19

'If people want to learn our culture, why can't they just simply let us do it so they can only see and know, rather than taking it and using it for commercial purposes, something we do not do. Because we know that we cannot sell our way of life, we are preserving our culture. That is the whole philosophy.’ By Job Morris, Gantsi, Botswana.

The Commercial Development of Hoodia

2010-06-20 11:40:56

An extract from a relatively recent and comprehensive study on the San Hoodia case forwarded to us by Natural Justice (Lawyers for Community and Environment).

Heritage and Intellectual Property Rights

2010-06-09 09:59:00

There is a long history to the abuse of San heritage and intellectual property rights (IPR). An interesting article on this issue appears on the WIMSA website – see link below.

The Children of the River

2009-10-04 12:09:34

Bana ba metsi means ‘children of the river in Setswana- and that is the name for this school, remote from the temptations of the city, where boys in trouble are given another chance … and hope for the future.

Tsumkwe: Issues of Power

2009-07-27 14:32:37

Living in Tsumkwe these days is made difficult for those who have got used to having electricity … when suddenly there isn’t any. Ian Cook discusses Tsumkwe Energy’s plan for a solution.

Namibian national press on cattle invasions

2009-07-08 14:06:11

For the full text of an article by Nangula Shejavali in The Namibian of 8 July, 2009 on the cattle invasions of Nyae Nyae see:
http://www.namibian.com.na/news-articles/national/full-story/archive/2009/july/article/juhoansi-deeply-affected-by-nyae-nyae-invasion/

Nyae Nyae land invasions

2009-07-08 12:47:36

Interview with /'Angn!ao /'Un ("Kiewiet"), Chairman of the Nyae Nyae Conservancy,
27 June, 2009, Tsumkwe, Otjozondjupa, Namibia. Translation and Edit, Megan Biesele.

The meaning of Conservancy

2009-07-08 12:28:48

Extract from an interview with /'Angn!ao /'Un ("Kiewiet"), Chairman of the Nyae Nyae Conservancy, 27 June, 2009, Tsumkwe, Otjozondjupa, Namibia. Translation and Edit, Megan Biesele. (Full text under COMMUNITY / Issues)

Nyae Nyae Conservancy Statement

2009-07-03 09:10:40

The Nyae Nyae Conservancy are increasingly concerned about the destruction to the natural environment within the conservancy due to the illegal squatting of the Gam farmers and their cattle.

Briefing on illegal grazing in Nyae Nyae

2009-07-03 08:52:14

Conflict has arisen in Nyae Nyae between cattle farmers wishing to use the conservancy land and the Ju/’hoansi who are preserving and conserving the area – and who depend on it for their survival. This press release on the situation is from WIMSA

Food security, aids risk and MDR-TB prevalence in

2009-04-07 08:05:25

Statement of the problem by Dr. Richard B. Lee and an urgent appeal for funding for this research project by the Kalahari Peoples Fund

The San people of the Omaheke region

2008-12-11 12:37:50

Background Information on an important region in Namibia where tourism may offer some solutions to unemployment and poverty. Information provided by Kathryn Blakemore of the Omaheke San Trust.

The Omaheke San Trust: Tourism Proposal

2008-12-10 12:52:44

Details of a tourism initiative in the Omaheke region in the south of Namibia: Information supplied by Kathryn Blakemore of the Omaheke San Trust.

Cultural Heritage Tourism Research

2008-11-26 07:39:00

As the local communities of the Tsodilo Hills are increasingly consigned to self-reliance through cultural tourism development is their intangible heritage is conserved or is it becoming a commodity for tourist consumption? By Rachel Faye Giraudo.

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.

Discussion of issues

2008-11-16 09:04:00

Discussion of the many - and important - issues that surround San communities is an important element of this site. Please send suggestions and material to: editor@kalaharipeoples.net