Treat Basarwa with dignity

We could not agree more with the Sunday Standard proposition that President Ian Khama, still within his first 100 days in that office, should vigorously and expeditiously seize the golden opportunity to find a lasting solution to the Central Kgalagadi Game Reserve (CKGR) issue.

Undoubtedly, the CKGR saga has been a source of embarrassment not only to the majority of patriotic Batswana, but also to friends of Botswana worldwide. The historic 13 December 2006 High Court ruling on the CKGR issue provided the government with a perfect opportunity to right the wrongs committed against the Basarwa of the CKGR. 

Further, the ruling afforded the increasingly irrational Mogae administration the opportunity to save its face in the process of retracting its unfortunate CKGR policy. Mogae's administration blew its chance.

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