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Due to the ongoing struggle between the San people and the GOB over land rights, the "First People of the Kalahari," an organization advocating for the rights of the San people was founded. Debates revolve around whether diamond discovery in reserve, could be the motivation for relocation efforts taken by the government of Botswana.
The Botswana Gazette [1] The Business Weekly and Review [2] Botswana Guardian [3] [4] Botswana Youth Magazine [5] The Daily News, a government-owned media outlet [6] Farmers Guide; The Midweek Sun [3] Mmegi [7] The Monitor; The Patriot on Sunday; The Sunday Standard [8] The Voice; Weekend Post [9]
[37]: 2 Loss of land is a major contributor to the problems facing Botswana's indigenous people, including especially the San's eviction from the Central Kalahari Game Reserve. [37]: 2 The government of Botswana decided to relocate all of those living within the reserve to settlements outside it. Harassment of residents, dismantling of ...
A legal battle began, and in 2006 the High Court of Botswana ruled that the residents had been forcibly and unconstitutionally removed. The policy of relocation continued, however, and in 2012 the San people (Basarwa) appealed to the United Nations to force the government to recognise their land and resource rights.
Mmegi is an English-language national newspaper in Botswana, with occasional articles or comments in Setswana. Established in 1984, it is now published daily online and weekly in print format by Dikgang Publishing House in the capital, Gaborone. Mmegi used to be Botswana's only independent newspaper to be published daily.
The Botswana Democratic Party maintains its majority. [1]: xli 2005 September – Women are permitted to enlist in the Botswana Defence Force. [1]: xli October – The government of Botswana expels all but 250 of the San people from the Central Kalahari Game Reserve. [2]: 32 The Three Dikgosi Monument is inaugurated. [citation needed] 2006
Telecommunications in Botswana include newspapers, radio, television, fixed and mobile telephones, and the Internet. In addition to the government-owned newspaper and national radio network, there is an active, independent press (six weekly newspapers). Foreign publications are sold without restriction in Botswana.
Daily News; Type: Daily newspaper: Format: Online newspaper: Owner(s) ... Daily News Botswana is an English language newspaper published in Gaborone, Botswana. [2] [3]