Ovaherero and Nama – Windhoek Observer

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…

Signing sham deal tantamount to committing second genocide

ObserverUncategorisedOvaherero and Nama, Signing sham deal tantamount to committing second genocide

Kae Matundu-Tjiparuro Though it has as yet not been confirmed officially by both the Namibian and German governments, it has emerged through the grapevine that the lives of thousands of Ovambanderu, Ovaherero and Nama, is no more worth than the pitiful billion Euros. Not that one can really put a price on these lives but as much accepting these as justiciable and justifiable redemption of these lives, is nothing but committing a second genocide against those have already perished from the same act in 1904-1908. It is simply and literally killing a dead person. Not to mention thousands and thousands…

So-called deal delegation has simply returned home to roost

ObserverUncategorisedOvaherero and Nama, Samuel Maharero, So-called deal delegation has simply returned home to roost

Kae Tjiparuro-Matundu The month of May while it must have gone in the history of Namibia as a historic day, in the sense that Namibians, especially the descendants of the 1904-1908 genocide committed against the Ovambanderu, Ovaherero and Nama, must have been celebrated a gift of the official recognition of this genocide by the Namibian govern-ment by gifting them 8 May, the day on which the con-centration camps in which thousand were incarcerated and eventual succumb, as a remembrance day, sadly came and gone uneventfully. With the government of Namibia still dillydallying in recognising this day as Re-membrance Day of…