Omudsman directs NBC to refer to Ovambanderu Paramount Chief by her customary title

Omudsman directs NBC to refer to Ovambanderu Paramount Chief by her customary title

Omudsman directs NBC to refer to Ovambanderu Paramount Chief by her customary title

Staff Writer The Media Ombudsman is directing the Namibian Broadcasting Corporation (NBC) to allow followers of Aletha Karikondua Nguvauva to address her by her traditional title of Ombara Otjitambi (Paramount Chief) on the broadcaster’s platforms as accorded to her office by the by the customary laws of her community. This ruling follows a public hearing by the Ombudsman’s Complaints Committee on 17 May this year following a complaint by Senior Chief Erastus Kahuure of the Ovambanderu Traditional Council (OTC), against the NBC, specifically its Omurari FM, which is the Otjiherero Language Service, which he lodged with the office of the…
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