Bwabwata National Park

17 Apr

Removal of cattle from Bwabwata must be put on hold – Karondo

ObserverNational NewsBwabwata National Park, Keltus Karondo

Martin Endjala Parliamentary Standing Committee on Constitutional and Legal Affairs, Chairperson, Kletus Karondo, has recommended that the removal of cattle from Bwabwata National Park should be put on hold until engagements are concluded. Karondo stated this in a recent report submitted to the National Assembly for consideration, conducted from March 2022 to 2023 September. “It is evident that the issue surrounding the management of the Bwabwata National Park is long overdue. MEFT must create a platform to engage the Hambukushu Traditional Authority and find an amicable solution to the issues of the management of Bwabwata National Park,” he said. He…

01 Jul

Tweya questions Hambukushu treatment

ObserverNational NewsBwabwata National Park, e Parliamentary Standing Committee on Constitutional and Legal Affairs, Hambukushu, Tjekero Tweya, Tweya questions Hambukushu treatment

Martin Endjala Swapo backbencher and member of the Parliamentary Standing Committee on Constitutional and Legal Affairs, Tjekero Tweya questioned why only the Hambukushu people cannot access the Bwabwata National Park. According to a Cabinet decision no domesticated animals are allowed in the national park. The Hambukushu people submitted a petition to the National Assembly on 19 November 2021calling the National Assembly to revisit the Cabinet decision of 1999; that no cattle beallowed in Bwabwata National Park or any other Game Park in the North-East among others. “Why is it that in other game parks animals are allowed and even those…