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02/20/2006:

"Costs escalate as Bushmen's case delayed"

...The new delays come after an agreement that the case should be concluded within a further ten weeks.

The Bushman case is already the longest and most costly in Botswana's history, despite being brought by the country's poorest inhabitants.

Stephen Corry, Survival's director, said: "The government lawyers are aware of the serious funding problems facing the Bushmen and seem to be using that against them. Rather than attempting to facilitate a smooth court process, they are trying to draw this case out as much as possible. To say that things are not looking good for the Bushmen is an understatement."
int.iol.co.za