Indigenous Knowledge Systems project still underway

The study, which commenced on February 2011 under the consultancy of University of Botswana's Centre for Scientific Research Indigenous Knowledge & Innovation, is meant to enable policy and legislative framework for preserving indigenous knowledge among others.

Briefing the media on the project when it launched in 2011, Director of the Department of Research, Science and Technology, Lesego Motoma said there was an increasing realisation of the significance of indigenous and traditional knowledge in sustainable development.