ABSTRACT
This chapter discusses obstacles to San survival, issues of land, economy and employment, and illuminates the issue of tourism as an avenue of economic support in the wake of the threatened genocide of our people. The San consider their cultural practices to constitute the backbone of a healthy and socially intact community. The majority of the San communities of Botswana live in scattered settlements in the Ghanzi, Kgalagadi and North West Districts. Traditional San doctors possess a vast knowledge of medicinal plants. The San children attend government schools in which the medium of instruction is Setswana, the national language, and/or English, the official language of the country. The majority of Namibia's San communities live in the north and east of the country. In summary, San communities regard tourism as an option for generating income and thus as a possible route towards attaining some level of self-reliance.
