At the conclusion of the two-year trial last Friday, Justices Unity Dow, Maruping Dibotelo and Mpaphi Phumaphi announced that Botswana Television (Btv) and Radio Botswana are allowed to transmit the judgment live. When contacted, the Director of Broadcasting Services, Bapasi Mphusu, said they are yet to discuss how much manpower would be required to broadcast the judgment live. He said he was not aware if his department had made a request for live broadcast to the High Court. The case was the longest in the history of Botswana. It started when Roy Sesana and others challenged their relocation from CKGR, saying it was unlawful. The the matter has attracted international attention with Survival International (SI) backing Basarwa. The organisation also called for the boycott of Botswana diamonds labeling them Blood Diamonds, alleging that Basarwa were relocated from their ancestral land to pave way for diamond mining. This resulted in Botswana government engaging a Public Relations Company to take SI's allegations head-on since the government believed the allegations had the potential to tarnish the country's image. The case went to court in 2004 and had been going on and off until last Friday.

For the first time, the leader of Survival International visited Botswana, to attend a conference on minorities in 2004, and he held interviews with local media and appeared on Btv's 'The Eye' programme. The applicants have changed attorneys until early last year, when Gordon Bennett took over the case and saw it to its end. During the trial, scores of Basarwa clashed with wildlife officers after forcing their way into the game reserve. Some of them were reportedly arrested and were taken to the Gantsi Magistrate Court. During the same trial, Senior State Counsel, Sidney Pilane, reportedly spent a night in jail after he refused to address the jury standing. On the applicants' side, Sesana traveled to Sweden to receive an honour. The state was accused of undermining the seriousness of the case and for the first time, recently, President Festus Mogae summoned opposition leaders to his office to brief them on the matter, lobbying for their support. However, some of the leaders said that the consultation came very late when the matter was already in court. They had earlier said that the two parties should come to dialogue and reach agreement instead of going to court.