Ovaherero Traditional Authority

08 Jul

Katjiua proclaims paramountcy

ObserverNational NewsOvaherero Traditional Authority, Professor Mutjinde Katjiua, the Paramount Chief of the Ovaherero

Tujoromajo Kasuto Professor Mutjinde Katjiua, the Paramount Chief of the Ovaherero says that the storm is over and there should be no doubt that he is the legitimate leader after chaos had erupted within the leadership of the OvaHerero Traditional Authority with former council chairperson Vipuira Kapuuo also wanting a seat at the table. ‘’The Ovaherero Chiefs Council has nominated, designated and elected me following an established process, and then as part of that process has taken me through the established process at specified holy fires to link my being with the ancestors,’’ said Katjiua at a media conference today.…

Katjiua’s urgent application dismissed

ObserverUncategorisedHerman Oosthuizen, Katjiua’s urgent application dismissed, Ovaherero Traditional Authority

The urgent application with the High Court of Namibia by Mutjinde Katjiua to interdict the chairperson of the OvaHerero Chief’s Council, Vipuira Kapuuo, was dismissed in the High Court this afternoon. The application was removed from the court roll and Katjiua was order to pay the Kapuuo’s legal costs, including one instructing and two instructed attorneys. On 30 March 2022 Katjiua who was appointed as the paramount chief and thereafter applied for an urgent interdict to have the court to restrain Kapuuo from proceeding with irregularly and unlawfully purporting to be the representative of the OvaHerero Traditional Authority representative and…

Ovaherero, Nama still to appeal

ObserverObserver MoneyNama, Ovaherero, Ovaherero Traditional Authority

Kandjemuni Kamuiiri Five months later the Ovaherero and Nama people are still to appeal last September’s US Court’s ruling which refused to hear their case against the German government citing lack of jurisdiction over the matter. The two tribes had approached the US Courts in pursuit of genocide reparations against the German government. Nama Traditional Leaders Association Secretary General, Deodat Dikse, confirmed to the Windhoek Observer that no action has been taken since the ruling was handed down. “The appeal is still in process as we are appealing to the Supreme Court, it has not yet been finalised yet, and…