Botswana’s taxpayers will foot the bill in the fresh legal battle between the government and some residents of Central Kalahari Game Reserve (CKGR). The matter which was expected to be argued before the court went nowhere-but tax payers will pay P200 000 in legal fees. This was after the government reached an out of court settlement with the Basarwa tribesmen.
The community of Basarwa residing in Boteti East who gave way for the establishment of Orapa Letlhakeng and Damtshaa Mines (OLDM) mining activities are demanding compensation for removal from their ancestral land.
Tshekedi Khama together with his twin brother Anthony and wife Thea, who were dramatically arrested by security agents last week, have travelled to South Africa to meet elder brother and former President Lt Gen Ian Khama to update him on their recent ordeal.