It is founded upon indigenous customary law that governs land, resources, identity, responsibilities, and stewardship — passed from ancestors to every successive generation without end.

The Khoisan estate is: Inalienable, Indivisible, Non-transferable. It cannot be sold, alienated, or extinguished. It may only be used, evolved, stewarded, and traded responsibly for the benefit of present and future generations. Never to be surrendered to external parties outside the ancestral lineage.

The Khoisan people have historically traded among themselves and with others from near and far. We are not an isolated people. We are relational, hospitable, and outward-looking by nature. We have always welcomed foreigners in peace and mutual respect.

However, this trust was violated. Our hospitality was exploited. Our lands were seized. Our identities were erased through force and legal fiction.

 For generations, Khoisan people were hunted, treated as pests, enslaved, displaced, and exterminated.

Many were forced to: Abandon their languages Abandon their names Abandon their identities

Some hid among Bantu-speaking communities for survival — not because they were expelled, but because they were humiliated, ostracized, and shamed for being “Bushman.” Others were sold into slavery — often by African intermediaries as well as colonial traders — dispersed across Southern Africa, Africa, and the global diaspora. To survive, many accepted false identities.