How Survival answers its critics

Thursday, November 04, 2010

I wrote two weeks ago to explain, in some detail, why Survival was calling for a tourism and diamonds boycott of Botswana.

I would now like to respond to the criticisms we get from those who support the government's position.

Some will assert that we have no 'right' to 'interfere' in Botswana affairs. My first response is that we would be delighted if local NGOs were solving this problem - after all, they have been paid to for years - but under the control of Ditshwanelo they have achieved nothing.

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