Nama Traditional Leaders Association (NTLA)

07 Sep

OTA, NTLA, LPM, Nudo and IPC reiterate Joint Declaration rejection chorus

ObserverObserver MoneyLMP, Nama Traditional Leaders Association (NTLA), NUDO, OTA, Ovaherero Traditional Authority (OTA)

Kandjemuni Kamuiiri Four political parties and Ovaherero Traditional Authority (OTA) as well as the Nama Traditional Leaders Association (NTLA), have repeated their chorus rejection of the Joint Declaration at a media conference at the Ovaherero Commando Hall. The OTA and NTLA repeated this chorus together with the National Unity Democratic Organisation (Nudo), the Landless People’s Movement (LPM), and the Independent Patriots for Change (IPC). Nudo’s, Ester Muinjangue as well as the other political and local representatives maintained their position and shared their sentiments on the reconciliation deal and the way forward. “We are jointly rejecting the Joint German-Namibia Declaration which…

10 Aug

Isaack, Katjiua to spearhead NTLA/OTA genocide reparation operations

ObserverObserver MoneyNama Traditional Leaders Association (NTLA), Ovaherero Traditional Authority (OTA)

Tujoromajo Kasuto The Nama Traditional Leaders' Association (NTLA) and the Ovaherero Traditional Authority (OTA) through its Transitional Committee (TC),has appointed Nama Traditional Leaders' Association( NTLA) Chief and Chairman, Gaob Johannes Isaack, as a substantive litigant and Chairperson in the Ovaherero - Nama joint genocide reparation campaign and litigation, with OTAs Secretary, Mutjinde Katjiua deputising him. “Professor Mutjinde Katjiua is appointed and endorsed as the Co-Litigant and Deputy Chairperson on behalf of the Ovaherero community, thus will henceforth deputize Gaob isaack in all matters of genocide reparation campaign and litigation,” a joint NTLA and OTA statement reads. In the statement, the…

04 Jun

OTA, NTLA rubbishes Katjirua’s stance …as Rukoro calls for referendum

ObserverObserver MoneyAdvocate Vekuii Rukoro, Nama Traditional Leaders Association (NTLA), Ovaherero and Nama, Paramount Chief of the Ovaherero

Kandjemuni Kamuiiri The Nama Traditional Leaders Association (NTLA) and Ovaherero Traditional Authority (OTA) have rubbished the announcement by Chairman of the Ovaherero-Ovambanderu and Nama Council for Dialogue (ONCD) 1904-1908, Gerson Katjirua, saying he does not have the authority to speak for the broader majority of the Ovaherero and Nama descendants of the genocide victims. Katjirua on Thursday morning, claimed that, “we as the entire council are not here to reject the offer, we are here to give it a go ahead, adding that “we would like to see that when the declaration is signed, we as the chiefs representing the…

08 May

Genocide reparations case cost millions

ObserverObserver MoneyGenocide reparations case cost millions, Nama Traditional Leaders Association (NTLA), Ovaherero Traditional Authority (OTA), Vekuii Rukoro

Kandjemuni Kamuiiri Ovaherero Traditional Authority (OTA) has revealed that it and the Nama Traditional Leaders Association (NTLA) has forked out million in legal fees over that past 20 years in their legal fight to compel Germany to pay reparations for the genocide committed against the tribe from 1904-08. Ovaherero Traditional Authority (OTA) Paramount Chief, Vekuii Rukoro, in an interview with the Windhoek Observer, although tight lipped on the exact amount, said “the cost of taking the German government to court in New York and litigating that case all the way to the highest court in the United States is indeed…