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| Title: | Basarwa development at crossroads: contradictions and resistance-critical insights from the CKGR relocations |
| Authors: | Nthomang, K |
| Keywords: | Development
Resistance
Relocation
Wildlife
Resources |
| Issue Date: | 2006 |
| Publisher: | PULA: Botswana Journal of African Studies |
| Citation: | K Nthomang / PULA Botswana Journal of African Studies, Vol. 20, No. 2, Issue No. 35, 2006 |
| Abstract: | The relationship between the government of Botswana and the Basarwa has attracted considerable attention nationally and internationally in the recent past. Underlying the controversies over the development of Basarwa have been the issues of land rights. The Botswana government has made different responses to these issues. Firstly, it has declared an area which the Basarwa consider to be their ancestral land a Reserve. Secondly, the government designed and implemented a re-settlement policy that involves relocation of Basarwa from the area declared a “Reserve” to government created settlements under the Remote Area Development Program (RADP). This article is based on the empirical findings of a fact finding mission on the Central Kalahari Game Reserve (CKGR) in 2004. The article examines some of the underlying factors that motivated relocation and the Basarwa’s resistance to that relocation. It argues that the problem is not just a matter of relocation per se, and the manner in which it was handled. The fundamental problem rather hinges on the different definitions of ‘development’ by both the government of Botswana and the Basarwa. The resistance of the Basarwa therefore emanate from fundamental differences in the conception of development between the two parties. This article proposes a pragmatic and sustainable solution to the Basarwa development problem in Botswana. The solution to the current impasse lies in a more negotiated and consultative process facilitated by both parties rather than through confrontation in the courts of law. |
| URI: | http://hdl.handle.net/123456789/114 |
| ISSN: | 0256-2316 |
| Appears in Collections: | Research articles (Social Work)
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