The relocation of Basarwa from Central Kalahari Game Reserve (CKGR) was an emotive and poorly thought out exercise, without any study conducted to assess the economic and social implications on their lives within a game reserve. The Community Based Natural Resource Management (CBNRM) concept used in some parts of the country was never designed to accommodate and benefit Basarwa tribes. Consequently, it was never utilized to make sure they benefit from such wealth of resources and in turn they remain poor while trying out pastoral and arable farming in desert conditions. Many questions come to mind. Is it economical or ecologically viable to have Basarwa living within or outside the game reserve? Was there any scientific study by a credible institution to warrant freezing of the special game license that they enjoyed? Did we take the culture of Basarwa into consideration or we just focused on making them more ‘civilised’? Did they consent to the relocation? Can you transform rural gatherers to conservationists by chasing them from the basic resource they depend upon? Did we consider their indigenous knowledge systems to understand how they managed to control, manipulate, preserve and utilize game within their territory? Was a social dialogue not…