Ancestral Land Foundation of Namibia (ALFON)

05 Nov

Government’s land reforms a hogwash, not serious with ancestral land rights

ObserverObserver MoneyAncestral Land Foundation of Namibia (ALFON), Okandjoze

Staff Writer The Ancestral Land Foundation of Namibia (Alfon) is appealing to clans with claims to ancestral land rights at Okandjoze, and others in general, not to allow the Government to continue to usurp their rights but to stand up and fight for their rights and claim back their ancestral land. Alfon made this appeal at a media conference on Wednesday when it addressed various issues pertaining to land dispossession and its precursor, the 1904 to 1904 genocide of the Ovaherero and Nama. Alfon founder, Sir Welcome Kazondunge, notes that it is apparent that the Second National Land Conference of…

Ancestral land foundation cautions Government against tribal maneouvers

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Tujoromajo Kasuto The Ancestral Land Foundation of Namibia (ALFON) is cautioning Government against using tribal manoeuvres in applying international law principles and human rights principles or risk facing indictment. Addressing a media conference today, Sir-Welcome Kazondunge, founder of ALFON is further demanding for a mature dialogue between the local German community and the affected communities on ancestral land, land dispossession, historic injustices, and sacred sites of significant value to the affected communities, including grave sites, the use indigenous names and artificial names and artifacts for commercial purposes as part of a generational commercial projects for the German descendants. He also…