San of Botswana

The Sans of Botswana are regarded as the oldest inhabitants of this place. The San of Botswana lived in the southern part of Africa almost 20,000 years back. The San of Botswana are also collectively called Basarwa of Botswana. However, small traces of the San of Botswana are found in the present time too. The San of Botswana first faced opposition at the hands of the Bantu tribes and later on by the European settlers. This category of people consisted of different tribes and used to speak wide varieties of languages.

These people mostly used pictorial symbols to write and communicate. The San in Botswana were mainly hunters and gatherers. As the San in Botswana were not socially and economically advanced, the government took adequate steps for their upliftment in various ways. Good quality health care facilities, water supplies and schools have been provided to them to ensure their all round development.

Funds have also been raised with the aid of the government to provide training pertaining to the development of small scale industries by the San in Botswana. The main aim behind this purpose was to raise the standard of the San of Botswana at par with the rest of the people living in this country.