Staff Reporter
CATTLE accustomed to the lush grazing fields in the south of Angola struggle to adapt when brought back to Namibia. This was demonstrated recently when a resident of the Ongonga village in the Ohangwena Region, Joseph Shinedima, brought his herd back from Angola. Two oxen strayed from the herd and attempted to find their way back to Angola. They were, however, stopped from going farther by alert residents of the Onamukalo-Ouhongo area, who kept the oxen and sent out word about the two stray animals. The owner was traced, and the oxen were reunited with the rest of the herd on Wednesday morning.
Meanwhile, Namibian cattle farmers who permanently graze their herds in the Cunene and Cuando Cubango provinces of Angola are anxiously awaiting the implementation of an Angolan government decision to eject them from the neighbouring country’s grazing fields. The Angolans accuse Namibian farmers of having entered the country illegally and of committing other transgressions, such as fencing off large tracts of land and putting up permanent structures in an area meant for seasonal grazing only. The issue was on the agenda when Deputy Prime Minister and International Relations Minister Netumbo Nandi-Ndaitwah met her Angolan counterpart, Tete Antonio, recently.
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