Ovambanderu and Nama – Windhoek Observer

16 Sep

Chiefs’ Assembly sees intensification of reparations demand as only way now

ObserverNational NewsChiefs’ Assembly sees intensification of reparations demand as only way now, Co-Chairperson of the Technical Committee of the Chiefs’ Assembly, Joint Declaration (JD), Ovambanderu and Nama

Staff Writer The only thing left now is for them to intensify the campaign for the government of the Federal Republic of Germany to recognise their genocide. Says Mbakumua Hengari, Co-Chairperson of the Technical Committee of the Chiefs’ Assembly, established by Ovaherero and Ovambanderu traditional leaders following their consultative meeting at Okandjoze from where they emerged with the Okandjoze Memorandum of Understanding last month. Hengari today shared with the media the chiefs’ position to recent media revelations that the German government shall not renegotiate the Joint Declaration (JD), which is an outcome of negotiations with its Namibian counterpart on Genocide,…

Exhibition gives voice to voiceless
descendants of victims of genocide

ObserverNational NewsExhibition gives voice to voiceless descendants of victims of genocide, ONDJEMBO YO NULL VIER, Ovambanderu and Nama, “Ondjembo” meaning gun in Otjiherero and “Null Vier”

Staff Writer “ONDJEMBO YO NULL VIER” is the title of the exhibition by a German national, which opened on Thursday at the National Art Gallery of Namibia (NAGN). It is not accidental that the exhibition has been titled as such with “Ondjembo” meaning gun in Otjiherero and “Null Vier” being reference in German to 1904. Thus the exhibition is about the wars of the indigenous Ovaherero, Ovambanderu and Nama people during which they fought intense battles fought. The 1904 to 1908, years are ordinarily but erroneously came to the associated with the battles of the indigenous against German colonialism, and…

Agreement will never bring closure yet

ObserverUncategorisedAgreement will never bring closure yet, Dr Zed Ngavirue, Maharero, Nangolo Mbumba, Netumbo Nandi-Ndaitwa, Ovambanderu and Nama, Zeraeua

Staff Writer Vice President, Nangolo Mbumba, this morning officially in a live broadcast by the Namibian Broadcasting Corporation (NBC) television and its various indigenous languages radio channels, announced the Joint Declaration between the two nations relating to Genocide, Apology and Reparations. This is obviously in an attempt to give credibility to the purported deal which since news of its hatching has been receiving serious challenges. The Vice President, flanked by Deputy Prime Minister and Minister for International Relations and Cooperation, Netumbo Nandi-Ndaitwa, and Special Envoy on the negotiations, Dr Zed Ngavirue, tried to deflect a lot of queries arising from…