The Star (17 May 1929)

The Star (17 May 1929)

Newspaper Clippings

clipping of newspaper article

17 May 1929

Dorothea Bleek (loose clippings ), Kalahari Bushmen (article re in D. Bleek's loose clippings ), clippings (D. Bleek's loose ), Bechuanaland Protectorate report (D. Bleek's 1952 Angolan expedition mentioned )

"Water Pans in the Kalahari. Report of Last Expedition." An article in "The Star" describes the annual Bechuanaland Protectorate report which includes an expedition report. The report describes nomadic Bushman life existing at waterpans in the Kalahari in 1927 (generally assumed to be dry desert). It mentions the family group found by Dorothea Bleek among the Bushmen of Angola in 1952 by way of comparison. Slip of paper pasted underneath clipping reads: "International Press-Cutting Bureau, 51, Red Lion St., London, W.C.I. Extract from The Star Johannesburg, S.A. Date 17 May 1929 [stamped]."