'Anything but CKGR' - Mokaila

Government could be headed for yet another bout in court with the First People of the Kgalagadi (FPK) following the organisation's letter to government complaining about water and hunting rights at the northwestern Central Kgalagadi Game Reserve (CKGR).

Though it appears that government officials should have received the letter on Tuesday, deputy permanent secretary in the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation, Mustaq Moorad said Wednesday that he had seen no such letter.

Accompanied by Moorad at the parliament buildings Wednesday, the Minister directly responsible for national parks and wildlife, Kitso Mokaila, declined to comment. "Ask me anything but I am not saying anything about CKGR," he said. However, the Basarwa contend that they filed 'the petition' through Mokaila's ministry.

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