Basarwa and government's wrangle goes to court again

The court battle will be a recurrence of the 2006 landmark case where the Bushmen took government to court and won. The statement says approximately 700 Bushmen who were evicted from the CKGR in 2002 won a marathon High Court battle in 2006 for the right to return, but the government has since done everything it can to limit the number of Bushmen who can live there.SI says the government claims the ruling applies only to the 189 Bushmen named in the original court papers hence it refuses to allow the others to enter the reserve without a permit.  "Permits last just a month, after which the Bushmen risk arrest if they 'overstay'.

*Even the children of the 189 Bushmen named in the court papers are only allowed free entry to the reserve up to the age of 16, after which they too are only allowed in on month-long permits.