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December 13, 2024
Tag: tribal
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Tribal conflict ensues in Bwabwata National Park
The Hambukushu Community in the Kavango East Region’s Mukwe Constituency is against the designation of a Khwe Chief at Bwabwata National Park. This comes after the Minister of Urban and Rural Development, Erastus Uutoni, approved the appointment of a Khwe Chief. In a letter dated March 8, 2024, the Urban and Rural Development Minister wrote...
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Governor warns against rising tribal tensions in Khorixas – Windhoek Observer
Niël Terblanché Kunene Regional Governor, Marius Sheya issued a stern warning over escalating tribal tensions between the Damara and Nama communities in the Khorixas area, specifically within Ward 9. The discord, rooted in disputes over ancestral land claims and the allocation of plots at a local resettlement farm, threatens to deepen the divides within this...
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President Geingob transcended party politics or tribal affiliations – Kauandenge – Windhoek Observer
Erasmus Shalihaxwe The National Unity Democratic Organisation’s (NUDO) Secretary General, Joseph Kauandenge has described former President Hage Geingob, as an astute politician, a strong man who tried to transcend beyond party politics or tribal affiliations aiming to be a Namibian first before anything else. He added that the late President’s mantra of “One Namibian House”...
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Should Leaders Commit Tribal Suicide for the Nation to Endure?
The oeuvre of what comrade Hage Geingob has done and said in various permutations – the Namibian house, Harambee, holding hands, pulling together in the same direction – one does not make peace with one’s friends, one makes peace with one’s enemies, no one should feel left out – are a treasure trove for Namibians,...
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32 killed in deadly cross-border tribal clashes in Abyei near South Sudan – Namibia Daily News
JUBA, Nov. 20 — At least 32 people were killed Sunday in deadly communal fighting along South Sudan’s border with the disputed Abyei Administrative Area, an official said. Arou Manyiel Arou, secretary general in the office of the administrator for the Abyei Administrative Area, said that the violence erupted early morning following a revenge attack...
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‘I cannot address tribal festivals’
President Hage Geingob says he cannot attend tribal festivals because he is a national leader, and these events pose a challenge to nation building. Geingob attended the San Cultural Festival at Gobabis on Friday and the Annual Damara Festival at Okombahe on Saturday. The president yesterday explained his stance on the matter to the United...
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Remove tribal affiliation from genocide debate – Riruako
Installed Ovaherero splinter group paramount chief Hoze Riruako says the genocide issue cuts across tribal affiliation and should be treated as an issue that affected all Namibians. Riruako called on both factions of the Ovaherero Traditional Authority (OTA) to work together to deal with polarisation and differences in opinion on how best to deal with...