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  • There is some rock art of the Khoi-San bushmen who once lived there and the ruined kraals of later Sotho and Tswana cultures.

    Vredefort Dome, South Africa 2009

  • The only partial exception could be the Khoi-San the earliest diverging group and to a lesser extent maybe African Pygmies.

    Races as folk taxonomies without biological basis. Kosmo 2009

  • Like indigenous people in Canada and the United States, the Khoi-San want big companies occupying their ancestral land to pay royalties.

    Land Grab 2007

  • Descendants of the Khoi-San -- the area's original inhabitants -- have claimed rights to the city, invoking First Nation Status under international law over parts of it, such as the hugely successful Victoria and Albert Waterfront development.

    Land Grab 2007

  • Africa from Thursday to August 8 and meet Cabinet ministers, premiers and members of Khoi-San communities, department spokesman

    ANC Daily News Briefing 2005

  • "Although some effort is made by national and provincial governments to recognise its indigenous peoples, mostly we as Khoi-San people are completely ignored," said Coetzee.

    ANC Daily News Briefing 2005

  • "At Vredefort, opportunities exist to engage in geological research and explore and understand more sensitively the rich culture of the Basotho, Batswana and Khoi-San and the early evidence of human cognitive and artistic endeavour their cultures boast," said Minister Jordan.

    ANC Daily News Briefing 2005

  • "So-far we have became only tourist symbols to survive, the promise of democracy in South Africa still lay and wait for the Khoi-San people," said Leonard Martin, Griqua and Khoi-San spokesman.

    ANC Daily News Briefing 2005

  • "At Vredefort, opportunities exist to engage in geological research and explore and understand more sensitively the rich culture of the Basotho, Batswana and Khoi-San and the early evidence of human cognitive and artistic endeavour their cultures boast," said Jordan.

    ANC Daily News Briefing 2005

  • The United Nations is to assess the condition of Khoi-San communities in South Africa, the Department of Foreign Affairs said on Monday.

    ANC Daily News Briefing 2005

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