‘!Xaus Lodge’ in the Kgalagadi Transfrontier Park.
!Xaus means ‘heart’ in the Nama language and was proposed as a name for
the lodge by a group of visiting Bushmen and confirmed by the
representative bodies of both the ‡Khomani San and Mier communities.
Significantly, the lodge’s name, ‘!Xaus’, symbolises the healing of
relationships, the restoration of dignity and the aspirations of these
communities, who after many years of deprivation are now owners of the
lodge and the land on which it is situated.