No group of people has more names than the Bushmen but attempts to be inoffensive and to distinguish them from the so-called Hottentots have caused more confusion than enlightenment. The most accepted name for them nowadays is The San, combining with Khoi (Hottentots) to make the word Khoisan, which seems to cover all options. In Botswana they are also known as the Basarwa, the !Kung and the Khwe. Strangely, for all efforts to give these hunters a name, they have no collective name for themselves. They have their own group names, such as Ju/’hoansi (for the people on the Namibia/ Botswana border) or Hai//om (for those around Etosha). And the term they favour for their group, if any? Bushman – the very name that the politically-correct world is trying to avoid!